I have moved my flag to Vindsang, a very similar boat to AllyMar. We are currently in Santa Barbara California waiting out the Santana winds that blow down the canyons and out to the pacific. We have had a fantastic time going south, spending time in SanFrancisco at a marina in Alameda, Santa Cruz (where the fireworks from the boardwalk was our greeting as we came in at midnight), a wonderful anchorage off the Hearst Castle, Morro Bay and now Santa Barbara. Whales (diving under the boat), dive bombing pelicans, seals, sea otters, dolphins and finally now as the weather has warmed beach volleyball. My skipper is named Glenn and he hales from Bellingham Washington.
Hopefully the next step will be to Santa Crus Island. It all depends upon the winds as today there is no anchorage on the eastern side of the island due to the winds. As this entire summer has been passing; time and weather will tell. To finally have a summer is great and makes me thankful for the weather of the Rogue Valley.
On a sad note I must mention the passing of my mother. I was stopping off in Chico to see her on my way down to San Fran when I discovered she had died 6 days previous. Quite the shock. She was a sweet woman and had nothing bad to say about anyone ever. I and the rest of her family will miss her a lot. She did live to 1 month before her 91st, so quite a life.
It is hard to find a computer to update this blog and I will try to be more timely in the future and find out how to uplink pictures in a computer that is not mine.
Aloha and fair winds to all
Ken
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