Heading south on the Pacific
Today was our second full day at sea, on our trip from Oregon down the Pacific Coast to the San Francisco Bay. Seas have been rough, the winds high and every one has been feeling pretty bad. We’ve been averaging 12 foot swells and 30 knot winds most of the time, so it’s been slow going. The boat is holding up pretty good, we’ve had a couple leaky windows and one or two things go flying that shouldn’t have, but other than that we are doing good. It looks like we will be into Alameda tomorrow around dinner time or so, and I’m not too sure what the plan is for the night. I know that we have a dock out there to tie up to, but I’m not too sure how it will work out with the people that are leaving the next day. I’m pretty sure that we will all just crash out and wake up the next day and head out. I’m ready for my vacation, and I know several others are as well.
We did get to see a little bit of wild life today, first and Albatross (one of the largest wing spanned birds) then a humpback, and finally a bunch of dolphins playing around with us. I don’t know what it is about dolphins that makes them so good at lifting peoples spirits, but they sure do a good job of it. I hadn’t seen any common porpoises since Baja, so it was cool to seem them out here.
I’m really looking forward to my week off, it’s going to be really nice to be on dry land for a bit after this trip. I’m not too sure what the plan is at this point, but I’m sure it will be nice. I was swimming in the river every day I was there last, so it’s going to be a bit odd to have missed a good part of the fall season. Maybe I’ll get to take the truck out for some mud wheeling, that sure would be nice.
