21Jun 19

Summer Solstice today. As the first day of summer, it dawned clear, calm-ish and relatively warm. We lazed around all morning, made one last run to the grocery store, patched another pin-hole leak in the forward water tank (this time I tried Flex Tape, which was much quicker than using epoxy), and finally got under way about noon and headed down to an anchorage at American Camp. The wind was SSW 10-15, so we had a nice beat from Friday Harbor down to the anchorage, where we dropped the hook at 14:30. The dinghies were directly unlimbered and we rowed ashore and went for a long walk to Mount Finlayson and back to the American Camp. Happy hour and dinner aboard. We had fun later looking through logs from our earlier adventures along the east coast. The wind piped up a bit in the night but stayed in the SW, so we were fine, although the anchor chain rattled back and forth along the bottom as we yawed about.

48-27.871’N, 122-59.271’W; Log = 8.5, Sum (2019) = 153.6 N-M

22 Jun 19

We all slept in this morning and enjoyed a day with nothing in particular to do. We are still all alone in this large anchorage. About 11:30, we packed a lunch and rowed ashore and walked to American Camp. We had lunch on the steps of the Officer’s Quarters building, once the home of George Pickett (later to become famous (or infamous) for Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg) during the joint US/British occupation of San Juan Island, after the so-called Pig War. Altogether, we walked the better part of 6 miles and made it back to the boats in time for happy hour and dinner aboard. The wind was blustery all day and was still showing SW 15-20 when we got back to the boat. Made for another noisy night in the forepeak.