is a retired LTC US Army PT. She learned how to sail in the South China Sea while stationed in Qui N

Shatoosh, an Albin 25 HN 1124, and Pashmina, a 9 foot Porta Bote have cruised over 8,000nm on 70 navigable waterways in the California Delta, hotel accommodation ireland the Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers and the Salish Sea of Washington and British Columbia. In 2011 they crossed the Columbia River bar to cruise the Washington coast and in 2012 they replicated Peter Puget's hotel accommodation ireland 1792 exploration of the southern waters of Puget Sound. www.pugetmemorial.blogspot.com
23 July 2009 Thursday: After not getting any response from my fellow cruisers, I decide to go and not deal with the car. I spend some time doing all the routine chores, and finally get off at 1550 hrs. I have a nice smooth cruise to Martin Slough and dock at 1850 hrs. I make 6 knots against the mild wind and flooding tide. I'm starving and open my oven baked chicken and have blueberries. NO cooking, just eating. hotel accommodation ireland There is another boat at the dock with lots of kids and they take a long dinghy ride. It is just enough time for me to have a quick shower. I had planned to take a shower at the marina hotel accommodation ireland and somehow time got away from me and it slipped my mind. It is cool tonight so I have my long pants and shirt on. Last night it cooled off so much I got up in the night and pulled out my down bag that I had so carefully packed several days ago. I plan on using it again tonight. It is so great. I purchased it in 1970 in Denver. It is older than Shatoosh. While in Martin Slough I get 2 responses from my cruising group. With my decision made not to mess with the car, it will free me up to perhaps stay at the Shilo Inn near the boatyard, where I can relax in comfort, swim in their indoor pool, take a sauna, workout at the gym. Its beginning to sound good. I'll check it out. Tomorrow I will depart early and catch the morning ebbing tide. My destination is Walker Island Dock which is about 16 nm. I like hanging out there. It is rural, hotel accommodation ireland has a resident osprey and is always a good meeting place for fellow cruisers. If the weather is good I might put Pashmina in and row some with the new oars and hang out in my favorite cove. I bought some new boating novels, so might pack a lunch and read some. See ya tomorrow.
is a retired LTC US Army PT. She learned how to sail in the South China Sea while stationed in Qui Nhon, Republic of Viet Nam. Later she crewed aboard The Skua II, a Great Dane 28, along various sections of the Intracoastal Waterway between Mississippi and Maryland. She has owned 7 boats and has chartered numerous places as far north as Haida Gwaii and as far south as The Dry Torturgas. Her favorite sailboat was Sabra, a Swan 36, which she sailed from Hawaii to Tacoma in 1982 with her twin sister, Jean and friend, "Uncle Mikey".