Our second evening in Snoring Bay rewarded us with a lovely
sunset.
We will add insect repellent to our shopping list. (Don’t
have any on the boat but fortunately I packed two types of itch relief!) Sucia
Island had a lot of mosquitoes. No mosquito will go near Nick, but if there is
one within five miles of me, it will hunt me down and eat me alive.
We went back to Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, but decided to
anchor rather than find room at the dock. Anchorage is really good, and there
was plenty of room. The marina has a café (Lopez Village Creamery ice cream!)
and a small gift shop. There is a resort there as well, but we didn’t venture into that. We did take a walk up the road a bit, over the bridge to the
lagoon, and then to the neighboring marina. Also took a couple of nice kayak trips to the lagoon. Had to
turn back the first time, as the lagoon drains at low tide. Really nice trip on our second try.
As we were eating our dinner – more about that in a minute –
a large-ish barge came right up next to us, weaving between moored boats, to get
to the second marina’s boat ramp. A couple of U-Haul vans got off, and then the
barge turned around and left the harbor. I mention this only because I really
enjoy watching working boats. They do amazing things in small spaces…this guy
knew what he was doing.
Dinner: One of our go to meals, especially if we have veggies to use up, is a one-plate assembly of sautéed vegetables (in this case – cabbage, carrots, onion, cilantro, peppers, & zucchini), rice, and a pouch of either garbanzo masala, or lentils (spiced, Indian style). We also have pouched brown rice if we don’t have either freshly cooked basmati, or leftover rice. These pouches all come from Costco, and are perfect for boating meals.
We returned to Friday Harbor yesterday. We’ll stay here for
a couple of days to take care of the usual things: cleaning the boat, pumping
out, filling the water tank, shopping, and charging various devices and
equipment. One of our goals today is to go over the entire boat with a rust
removal product.
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