The trip back to the USA was smooth, with a few puffy clouds and little wind. A nice day. We were sort of excited to see the San Juans again. We used to cruise this area back when we lived in Portland, OR. Here is a typical scene of the day:
It was fun to see Mount Baker again -- although hazy and way off in the distance:
We arrived at Friday Harbor and cleared customs by phone right on the dock:
The harbor master let us move over to a transient dock for a couple of hours so we could walk into town and have lunch. It was quite a walk just to get to shore:
We were interested in the way the marina had boarded the dock pilings together at the top. We guessed this was done for strength and to steady the pilings and dock:
We had lunch at a quaint pub Brian and Carol knew about. It had "personality:"
We weren't quite sure what the significance of this picture of five gentlemen was, but it added even more charm to the pub:
Bill walked a few blocks to the local liquor store while everyone else ate lunch. Then, we wandered back down to the marina. Friday Harbor is pretty hilly, and that allowed a pretty good picture of the huge marina. You can see the three flotilla boats, slightly left of center in the very back of the crowd of boats:
We (Harry, Josie and we two) talked Brian out of staying the night at Friday Harbor. and since we had to be off the boats in Bellingham by noon tomorrow, we moved to an anchorage at the north end of Shaw Island called Blind Bay. It was a little closer to Bellingham than Friday Harbor, an a lot cheaper than staying in a marina. Once we arrived there, Victoria and Grand Adventure each tied to a mooring buoy, while Deception anchored. Sorry we didn't take any pictures in the anchorage.
Since we would be getting underway at dawn, we turned in early.
