The worst was not over yesterday. We had steady 20s with gusts of 30s last night. The bobbing around is just fine, it’s the creaking of the lines that is driving me over the edge! Even with earplugs. Last night I put a noise machine playlist on my phone on the loudest setting to help drown out the creaking. I didn’t read closely enough, it wasn’t continuous, so when it went to the next playlist in the middle of the night, it happened to be a white noise podcast; they talked for a bit before the white noise started. I shot out of bed to shut it off and thought oh boy, I’m in trouble. But, this morning Jim said he never heard it! Speaking of noise, while searching for a noise machine on Spotify, there is also brown and pink noise, just depends on the frequency.
I’m going to miss these epic sunrises! (disclaimer: this was not this morning)
Doing laundry before we leave so we have a fresh start. The laundry is $1.25 per wash and $2.50 per dryer. Which is much cheaper than the local Anacortes laundromat! Both the shower and the laundry take cards, which is pretty handy. It ends up being $11.25 a week. I think it is $4 a load at Van Isle and cash (not so convenient), with the exchange rate that is $3 – which brings it to $18 per week. Who knows after that! We can both easily go 2 weeks before we HAVE to do laundry.
After our chores yesterday we took a drive to look at the daffodil fields one last time. We can see that the tulips are right around the corner. If you ever get a chance to come out here for the tulip festival, it is so worth it! https://www.visitskagitvalley.com/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/
Yes, it really does look like this, and we have seen flocks of birds as large as this! They are a mix of trumpeter and tundra swans, and snow geese.
Jim is super close to having the davits finished and he needs to button a few things up in the engine room. Tomorrow we’ll park the car in the lot, turn in our keys (laundry and restrooms), pump out and, we’re off for our next adventure.
The first will be checking into Canada and the second is tying up, which terrifies me. They do not have cleats in Canada and Alaska, they have bull rails. When we tie up, I usually secure the stern before stepping off the boat. With bull rails, there is no securing the boat until you are off. Which is fine when it is calm, good luck when it is rough! I guess we’ll have to be better at radioing in and asking for help tying up.
Oh, you’re probably wondering how the doctor visit went yesterday. They did some tests, leaning toward strained muscle.
That didn’t end up being so quick!
Talk soon.