(Still working on getting photos - I'll include them later!)
We were lucky enough to watch about 5 Orca whales go by just
north of Seattle. Stay Awhile was motoring ahead of Europa and sent word there
were a few whales nearby. Sure enough,
we saw them and then cut power to watch for about 15 minutes. Very beautiful,
and very fortunate for us to cross paths with this small group on our first
full day of the trip!
I got up this morning to make coffee and was surprised to
see a huge wall of boat next to us. We didn’t know that the Bell Harbor
breakwater is actually a cruise ship dock! And we certainly didn’t hear or see
the behemoth pull in sometime in the night. It was interesting to watch the people
and equipment move a massive amount of luggage, food, fuel, and waste in preparation
for the next sailing of Norwegian Joy.
Last evening, we Ubered (our first time!) to Casca Antiguo
with Steve and Tracey to have dinner with Tracey’s other son, and girlfriend.
Delicious, and really good margaritas!
Got a couple of good running shots of each other this
morning after leaving Bell Harbor.
Oh, and we’ve already changed our plans. To better pace ourselves
for the trip north, we’re going to Langley instead of Oak Harbor – we’ll have
to save that visit for another time. Hopefully there is room at the dock. If not,
we’ll anchor again…but we’ll do a much better job. As of now, we remember Langley
as one of our worst sleepless nights ever on Europa, as we anchored too close
to shore and got pounded by surf all night.
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