I'M BAAAAACK!

Hello again “Faith”ful readers and welcome back!

First let me explain what happened. Back in 2014 this blog was hijacked by something called Neoworx and no one (including me) could access it. I started a new blog (sailingtheseaonfaith.blogspot.com) but was feeling pretty depressed about having lost all my previous writings so didn’t do much for quite a while. This morning I discovered that Google has re-done their blog site and have apparently ousted Neoworx so I will begin again. I hope you’ll come back with me.

As I write this, Chris & I are on our way back to San Carlos where Faith is patiently waiting in the heat and dust. If you don’t already know, we have decided it is time to find a new home for our beloved boat. We have several reasons for that but it is mostly because we would like to see new places and do new things. So, since this is very possibly our last season of cruising it will be a happy/sad winter but I shall do my best to keep this upbeat and to write more frequently.

Sunrise in Warrenton.

Soooo…We left home last Thursday and went to Warrenton (Astoria) to begin the southbound meander down the coast highway. We took care of some “boat stuff” and then went to dinner with our good friends, Rod & Debo, who live in Seaside. Went to the new Buoy Beer restaurant where the food is hot and the beer is cold, and we had a great visit.

 

This is what the entrance to Newport looked like!

Friday we boogied down to Newport to visit with some friends who got a bit of a late start to go from Portland to Mexico and are currently waiting for a weather window. We ended up staying two days longer than we’d expected which seems to be kind of the norm in Newport. We, too, were stuck there for a while waiting for weather when we went south on the boat. Because it rained a lot we had plenty of time to read and when the skies cleared we took the car back to Depoe Bay to watch the big surf and remind ourselves how happy we are not to be “out there”. It was good to spend time with Brian & Leslie (S/V Ubiquity) and we look forward to seeing them in sunny Mexico sometime this winter.

This guy and his harem were in the field behind the RV park in Crescent City. He had Abby a little concerned.

After a long & winding trip today with a lot of spectacular scenery we’re now settled into an RV park in the Redwoods by Crescent City, CA. And here we will stay until after the election is over!