Forney's to Willows - Tues 09-11-07

Up to wet decks and breeze.
And even a fog bank over the island!




There were already big white caps out in the passage. Gee, do we sit here in the wind all day or head down the island. As Jimmy Buffett would say, "I gotta go where it's WARM!", so we pulled up the anchor and wove our way back out of the kelp.

We were broadside to the seas and swells coming across the gap, so our boat actually got tossed a bit a few times. Then we turned at Kinton Point and started surfing down the waves again! The sky and fog looked ominous! The fog stayed on top of the island though and was never above us! The boat had some long "surfs" of 10 and 11 kts down the backside!





We saw one trawler bashing up toward us and wondered "why?", and after we passed each other, they did a 180 and turned and headed back down the island. It really would not have been a pleasant trip into the wind!

We headed into Willows and were hoping it would be protected there. And it was! We anchored outside in our usual spot. I made bacon and crab cakes for a late breakfast. We watched "Islander" bash up the island on a whale watching trip. They even called us for weather! We usually call them for conditions... On a sidenote, we talked to a man who had gone out whale watching that day - said it was horrible conditions and he "fed the fish" the entire time! Glad we were tucked in and "Out of the Wind"! The beach looked beautiful, so put the kayaks in the water, supplied up with camera, drinks, sunscreen and a beach towel and explored the inner beach first.












We walked up the hill to take a look at the anchorage and the white caps marching by on the outside.







Then took the kayaks to the smaller beach on the outside of the anchorage.
Explored the beaches to the East of it and enjoyed being on a warm, sunny beach with no wind! It was actually hot, so we went skinny dipping as NO ONE WAS AROUND! We had the place to ourselves. We did some yoga on the beach and watched another sailboat bash up the backside & I mean BASH! Then they turned around and went back down the island...

We kayaked back to the boat for reading and relaxing. We took showers and Jim made burgers and potato salad.

Once again a beautiful Island Sunset!




After dinner we had some dessert wine and pretended Mike and Cyndi were with us!







To bed and I only got up to check on the wind a couple of times!