We discuss our time in San Diego and the projects we have started!
**Content Warning** (Talk about the death of a pet and mental health issues)
We look back at our overall journey south and discuss the highs and lows.
We depart Santa Barbara for San Diego on the last leg of a 3 month journey that was supposed to take 10 days.
We make it to Santa Barbara and spend Thanksgiving with some new friends!
We head to Santa Barbara but a stubborn storm system forces us to turn around and put in at Morro Bay.
We travel from Bodega Bay to Monterey where we are greeted by the local sea lion colony and have an interesting night docking!
As sailing weather windows close we find ourselves stuck in Bodega Bay, to lift our spirits we explore San Francisco and play a picturesque round of golf.
We have a rolly night passage from Eureka to Bodega Bay, where we find a good Mexican restaurant and some new birds for our life list!
We are momentarily stuck in Eureka, CA. We use the time to go to a nearby zoo, hike in the Valley of Giants and see a free Sara Bareilles concert from our boat!
On our way from Crescent City, CA we acquire two passengers and have our roughest bar crossing yet without a working VHF or Nav lights.
In this chapter we discuss our reasons for going electric, the engine we chose and its specifications.
We have our roughest night yet, sailing into Coos Bay, and many things on board break from the constant slamming. After a short break in Coos Bay we continue south to Crescent City.
We completed our first ever night passage, and we struggled to find a good weather window.
****Trigger Warning**** (Death of a pet)
In this episode we talk about our cat, Toby, dying during the beginning of our passage south. It was a horrible experience, but to not talk about it would be inauthentic to our journey. We miss him every day and struggle with his absence constantly. Listen with caution.
Despite not feeling ready to leave Washington, we pick a weather window and finally leave the Pacific North West.
In this bonus episode we discuss our plans to leave the safety of the Puget Sound for the open ocean!
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After extending our stay in Canada, we visit the Royal British Columbia Museum, and then take Pilot to Fisherman's Wharf via water taxi.
After just missing the ferry, we have drinks with our mail, then we very nearly run out of fuel and have a great weekend with friends up in Sucia Island (where Kyle falls overboard).
