Pacific NW

Expeditions

Today was, as town days go, excellent. Homer is a great town. With rapidfire precision and no wasted time, we accomplished every one of our errands by 1700 hours. Jerry and Janet of the S/V “Ursa Major” were kind enough to give us a ride into town for marine supplies, groceries, mail, lunch, etc etc. The anchor rode was repaired by cutting out the bad section and splicing it back together. I don’t trust my own splices yet for the important task of the anchor rode, so I had them done by a fisherman in town. I also bought a pair of spiked logging boots at a thrift store for 17$! A very good find–they will serve me well in the future. I had to take them off in the more respectable establishments in town, however. By the afternoon Ryan and I were exhausted and sweltering in the heat of the automobile, and ready to put back to sea. In the evening Ryan and I took showers. They cost five dollars which made me wince. But I was handed a towel and shown to the bathroom. I nearly wept tears of joy when I saw that I had my own room with a real shower, toilet, and sink with a mirror above it! We hadn’t bathed since being trapped in Thunder Bay and all that rough sailing. We were covered in salt, smoke from the bar, and sweat, sand, and dirt. I’ll bet they were sorry to see the likes of me in that bathroom! Well, actually some of the spit-rats are probably much dirtier than I was. That shower ranked in the top 5 showers I’ve ever taken. Afterwards we went out to dinner and just relaxed after such a busy and successful day.