Our family has a place at Rocky Bay and a buoy (although it’s for sale now) so we could hook up to the buoy and go in shore to do some laundry and hang out.

We headed over there. And on the way, the wind was warm, and it it was just about perfect to sail comfortably at about 5 knots with just the main sail out to make things easy.

So that’s what we did. Until some gusts woke Jackson up from his nap and he came out and devoured a bunch of chocolate.

And then tried to go back to sleep.

But that didn’t last long, because the wind picked up so much that it started to get cold, and the wind was very light then strong, then coming from this way then that way.

When that happens, it can throw the boat around a bit and make things uncomfortable for those inside the main cabin.

So I took down the sails and we motored back into Rocky Bay. It was blowing really hard in Rocky Bay too, and grabbing the buoy was a little tough, but Lindsey and I were able to do it.

Then Jackson gave Lindsey lots of puppy kisses.

And we threw the laundry into the dingy, and went into shore.

Jackson watched The Jungle Book while the laundry was going.

And we went out on the point and hung out around sunset before we went back to the boat.

In the morning we went back on shore at Rocky Bay to get the rest of the laundry. And we checked out the rocky beach of Rocky Bay.

And all the tide pools and cool starfish and crabs.

Who knew sea urchins could move like this? I didn’t.

After that excitement, and finishing off the laundry, we sailed over to Deer Harbor on Orcas Island.

Again it was very strong winds, but they were consistent this time. So I reefed in the main sail, didn’t put out the jib, and we had a pretty smooth, although cold, sail over to Deer Harbor.

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