7.5.2019
It’s been awhile – I hope to blog regularly now that we are
retired (as of last week – yay!) and beginning our summer in the San Juan Islands
aboard Europa. We’ve been waiting for this day for a long time and it’s a bit
hard to believe it has arrived!
I’ve got a lot of catching up to do…and I want to keep each
post to a reasonable length. So, here are the basics, with more to come in
subsequent posts.
We (Janine and Nick) both retired (from Tacoma Community
College and Department of Ecology, respectively) just last week. We’re on to
the next stage of our lives, looking forward to a lot of fun boating, excellent
adventures, and time with friends and family. And, importantly, the arrival of
our first grandchild at the end of September.
We are currently headed north – just topped off the diesel at
Des Moines Marina – to meet up with Stay Awhile (our dear friends and
neighbors, Tracey and Steve on their Ranger 23) at Bell Harbor Marina in
Seattle. Saturday, Europa will continue to Oak Harbor, a first visit for us, then
to La Conner. Stay Awhile will head to Bellingham to visit one of Tracey’s sons.
We’ll meet again in Fisherman Bay (Lopez Island). Other ports of call in the plans
for our first couple of weeks are Rosario (Orcas Island), Friday Harbor (San
Juan Island), Cliff Island, Roche Harbor (San Juan Island), and maybe on to
Sucia Island.
After Stay Awhile heads home, Europa will mosey around until
heading to Neil Bay (San Juan Island) to meet up with the Mott family for our
annual week of fun in the SJI’s on July 20.
I hope to include some decent photos next time. After
finding that Blogger won’t work on my phone any more, changing email addresses,
handing in our work-owned devices, buying new devices and getting them set up,
my head is about to explode with technology-related nonsense! (So… haven’t
figured out how to attached photos in this new environment…yet.)
More later…
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