Ellie learning to drive the dingy

Internet access is very limited and very slow so we haven’t had a chance to post until now.

We are currently cruising surrounded by incredible mountain ranges, some with snow some with just beautiful trees.  I don’t think I can imagine any place better then this.  While we had rain and stormy weather the first two days that I was able to join the crew, this morning the sun came out and this is what summer is all about.   Scott and Katherine and their 6 week baby, Revel are great cruising companions.  Scott has a 32ft Nordic tug with a huge salon that is great for gathering for happy hour.  Ellie is learning to drive the dingy by herself but had to be rescued by Scott in his dingy since ours had died while she was out exploring on her own.

Paul is being very patient with me as I continually pepper him with questions regarding boat maintenance and navigation protocols.  The rainy weather also brought some water that had us rolling a bit and it caused a full socket set to break loose and dump all over the engine room.  It is a good thing we all like a good puzzle since putting all the sockets back in the correct order took about an hour.  The other several hours yesterday was spent cracking crab we caught the night before.

We caught some shrimp but they seem to be more scarce this year.  Scott and Katherine will leave us tomorrow as they head back south.  We will really miss them as they are such good company.  In a few days my daughter and her fiancé will join us on our boat so it will be quite cozy with 5 of us on board.  We are looking forward to more fun with them.