Seattle to Friday Harbor Galleries

Port Townsend : April, 2005... We patted ourselves on the back a lot for deciding to sail to the Pacific Northwest for cruising and for visiting with our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. The winter was lots of fun in spite of flus, respiratory illness, frost on the docks and general wet conditions. The spring arrived early, and we feel that we became part of our grandchildren's lives for a few months. It was difficult to leave them and sail away, but they have very busy lives, and they will join us for some cruising before the season is over. Hoping to get ahead of the crowds of boats from the Seattle area, we departed Bainbridge Island on April 17. In Port Townsend we had the noted rigger, Brion Toss, inspect our rig and inspect our rope to chain splice on our anchor rode. We made fast friends with him and his wife, and enjoyed the town which is very similar to Nelson, South Island NZ in many ways.

Port Townsend

April, 2005... We patted ourselves on the back a lot for deciding to sail to the Pacific Northwest for cruising and for visiting with our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. The winter was lots of fun in spite of flus, respiratory illness, frost on the docks and general wet conditions. The spring arrived early, and we feel that we bec ...

Updated: Nov 22, 2006 11:16pm PST

Victoria : April, 2005... On April 26 we sailed for Victoria, crossing the Juan de Fuca Strait in the fog. ADAGIO berthed in the marina located just below the historic district of town where the Maritime Museum is located. Across the water is Parliament House which is decorated with Christmas lights every night to show off her architectural elegance. Not far away is a small float plane Aerodrome, with small one or two propeller planes coming and going all day, taking politicians and businessmen to meetings in the city of Vancouver on the mainland. The historic and antique Empress Hotel graces the shoreline beyond the Aerodrome. In the evenings we are entertained by Dragon Boats paddling past, as well as rowing shells and outrigger canoes practicing for upcoming events. There are pedestrian and bicycle pathways all along the shore and around the headlands for wonderful views back to the mainland and the Olympic mountains. Yesterday we explored Victoria on foot, then rested while watching two IMAX movies, WHALES and BEARS, both produced by the National Wildlife Federation, and wonderful, wonderful. The underwater footage of whales, dolphins and even bears swimming were beautiful. The natural history education was very good. And of course, the views of the world through the lens of an IMAX camera cannot be beat. A visit to Butchart Gardens was well timed at the peak of tulip blossoming. Last November when we visited Victoria, we bought a family membership at the Royal BC Museum, so we can spend as much time as we wish studying the new exhibits. They have an enormous wooly mammoth newly on display.

Victoria

April, 2005... On April 26 we sailed for Victoria, crossing the Juan de Fuca Strait in the fog. ADAGIO berthed in the marina located just below the historic district of town where the Maritime Museum is located. Across the water is Parliament House which is decorated with Christmas lights every night to show off her architectural elegance ...

Updated: Nov 15, 2006 6:00pm PST