It was very windy in Coos Bay this morning and we were all glad the boat got in and tied up at the dock last night. Apparently Coos Bay has a convoluted entrance, but they had just enough light to see and tie up at the dock around 9:30 last night before the big blow came. By the time we got down to the boat this morning, it was a much different tale. The winds were fierce and the boat was rocking and rolling tied up at the dock. At one point a gust came and it knocked Lars down on his bottom! When we met up with Tor and Lee this morning and had a lovely time doing all the things you end up doing as cruisers...laundry and provisioning. We had a great lunch at a German restaurant and then took Lee and Tor back to the boat and we hit the road around 2:30pm.
It was a windy and rainy drive, but we made it to California! There was much hooting and hollering when we saw that "Welcome to California" sign. We are staying in Crescent City tonight and we even got to take advantage of the hotel swimming pool tonight.
Tomorrow we get to see Redwoods!
Yare and her crew may leave in the morning, it appears to be a short lived weather event, but they will pay close attention to the conditions and forecasts. It sure was neat to see them mid trip, none of us expected that.
So glad to hear of a safe stop over in Newport. Good call, short lived but locally intense, could have been a challenge. Heavy winds in Seattle area with nearly 3" rain in West Seattle, .41 inches since midnight. Plenty of boats off their moorings, lots of fun all around.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this blog, very cool to live vicariously through your experiences. Got my order in for northwesterlies. Cheers Tim