May 9, 2016

May 9

We left Port Neville at 6:15 am - beautiful calm water which was a welcome site.  Cruised up to Port McNeill where we spent the night, stocked up on Groceries and other supplies since this is our last real grocery store to shop in for the next 10 days to 2 weeks.  We fueled up - adding 575 gallons, added water, went to the Marine store and ended the evening with everyone in Gus's Pub for dinner.  Great Fish and Chips!  Off to another adventure tomorrow.

May 8, 2016

May 8

We left Blind Channel with a favoring current but not much else was good about the cruise that day.  We ended up tied to the Government Doc with Miner's Debt at Port Neville after a horrible windy wild ride.  Fun Dinner with Chris and Tom and we had Satelite TV so we actually caught up on the Seattle News and also 60 minutes!  Glad we don't live in Oklahoma with all their Earthquakes!
Tomorrow if the weather is good we will be off to Port McNeill.

May 6-May 7

Hardy Island to Octopus Islands to Blind Channel Marina

We had a great Cinco de Mayo in Hardy Island.  Thomas's have friends who own a beautiful spot on Hardy Island.  We had 3 of us tie up on a buoy and the other 3 at the private dock.  Another beautiful weather day with Cinco De Mayo Margaritas and Taco's on the deck!  Oysters, Clams and a nice hike on the island.  We left on May 6 for the Octopus Islands via Hole in the Wall.  The current was running strong but we had a wonderful night at our first stern tie to shore with 5 boats.  Fran and Jeff went another way so it was Nelsea, Miners Debt, Magic Moment, Sea Life and Spirit Bear for the evening.  Today we left back thru Hole in the Wall as the weather is definitely windy with gale force winds in the Johnstone straits so we decided to stay inside  thru Dent Rapids and Cordero Channel.  We are all tied up at the dock at blind channel - they opened the store for us and we will spend the night here before heading to Forward Harbor or Port Harvey depending on the winds.

May 2 - May 5

Nanaimo

We have been in Nanaimo for a few days since the winds are howling but today is our opportunity to cross over to Pender.  It is still blowing but predicted to be the best day for many many days so we will be leaving here about 8am. Whiskey Gulf is active which makes us have to cross over a different way so a bit lumpy of a ride we expect.  We had a good few days in Nanaimo - even got a pedicure!

On we go.

May 1, 2016

Port Madison to Roche Harbor

Wow!  Another spectacular day - we have amazing water crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca - Slack and dead calm!  Lets hope the wonderful weather and water continue as we head north.

April 30th, 2016

April 30 - We are off! Pulled away from the boathouse about 2:30 heading for Port Madison for our first evening of the 2016 Alaska Adventure.  Beautiful sunny day and a nice cruise to start.  Nellie tows nicely behind and everything is working on the boat (as it should be since Steve has been working on getting things ready since January!).

Alaska 2016

  Here We Go Again - Off to Alaska on May 1, 2016!

We are taking the Nelsea to Alaska again.  We had such a phenomenal trip last time and many of the same group we traveled with the first time in 2013 are making the voyage again so we decided to go explore more of Alaska.  We will be traveling with Miners Debt (Tom and Chris Miner), Magic Moment (Glen and Liz Dodge), Spirit Bear (Pete and Linda Jung), Salpare (Jeff and Fran Sharp), and SeaLife (Willard and Diane Thomas)  and will update you on our adventures once the voyage begins.  Stay Tuned!