Departure Day Pictures

On Departure Day we had a number of friends and family come down to show their support and love and send us off.  It was really touching to have you all there, we were running around like crazy people, but we did notice and appreciate your presence. Thank you Ray, Herman, Doug, Jean, Karla, Jared, Einar, Soren, Eric, Laura, Kirk, Fritz, and Steve. People came to the dock, the locks and met the boat by water all to wish us Bon Voyage, it was totally amazing and touching.  One of those people who came down was Fritz on Kirk's Boston Whaler.  Kirk and Fritz escorted Yare through Lake Union and into the locks where they tied up along side for the trip down to Puget Sound.  Fritz had his camera and provided me with the following pictures of Departure Day to share with you all. Thank you Fritz!

Under the Ballard Bridge, on the way to the Locks

It was strange to be on land at the locks watching our boat go through.

The intrepid crew

In saltwater, where she really prefers to be.

"Honey, will you please fix the bus?  I can't drive to CA with 
the heat on!" The boys and I came down to the Shilshole fuel 
dock to deliver last minute West Marine purchases, and to steal
 Tor for a little car repair.

I got a call from Tor this morning around 7:30 and Yare and her crew had just left Port Townsend after all three on board suffered from a stomach bug last night.  They were all feeling better, but understandably it delayed departure a bit.

I got the following text from our satellite phone (cool!) at 9:30 "Approaching Destruction Isl. E of Dungeness Spit making 4 knots against current.  Calm winds and no swell.  Morale is high.  We figure tummy trouble is from unclean conditions at pump out as we all handled the hoses and it doesn't seem like food poisoning.  We used magic soap but may have been too little or too late.  We are on the mend though."

Meanwhile back on land...we may have been running ourselves a
little ragged.  The boys slept for over an hour in the car and
they needed it!