Seattle to Anacortes
Trip from Seattle to Anacortes on Iguazu
This weekend (April 18-19, 2009), we moved our new boat “Iguazu” (named after thewaterfall in South America where we got engaged) from Seattle’s Lake Union to a marina in Anacortes on Fidalgo Island. Our friend John came along to help. We intended to start early Saturday morning, but fixing a leak in the hot water heater hose delayed us. We finally set off through the Ballard Locks around 11:30. After being underway for several hours, we realized that we would not make it to Anacortes before night, so we stopped along the way in picturesque Port Townsend. We left the boat in a marina and walked into town for dinner. After a good night sleep on the boat, we got up at dawn and got underway again. Sunrise was beautiful. After having seen seals and a few dolphins the day before, we kept our eyes peeled for marine life. We saw a couple more seals and dolphins in the early hours, but we hit the porpoise motherload about an hour out of Anacortes near large reef/underwater rock formation. There, we were literally surrounded on all sides by dolphins. They kept their distance from the boat, but we had no trouble spotting them--fins were everywhere. We finally pulled into Anacortes around 11 where Jake expertly piloted the boat into its permanent slip. We can’t wait to take the boat out again next weekend!
This weekend (April 18-19, 2009), we moved our new boat “Iguazu” (named after thewaterfall in South America where we got engaged) from Seattle’s Lake Union to a marina in Anacortes on Fidalgo Island. Our friend John came along to help. We intended to start early Saturday morning, but fixing a leak in the hot water heater hose delayed us. We finally set off through the Ballard Locks around 11:30. After being underway for several hours, we realized that we would not make it to Anacortes before night, so we stopped along the way in picturesque Port Townsend. We left the boat in a marina and walked into town for dinner. After a good night sleep on the boat, we got up at dawn and got underway again. Sunrise was beautiful. After having seen seals and a few dolphins the day before, we kept our eyes peeled for marine life. We saw a couple more seals and dolphins in the early hours, but we hit the porpoise motherload about an hour out of Anacortes near large reef/underwater rock formation. There, we were literally surrounded on all sides by dolphins. They kept their distance from the boat, but we had no trouble spotting them--fins were everywhere. We finally pulled into Anacortes around 11 where Jake expertly piloted the boat into its permanent slip. We can’t wait to take the boat out again next weekend!
