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The weather has been clear 71 deg F and flat seas all week.
We took our boat on a fuck off cruise from Two Harbors to Lobster Bay.
In Lobster Bay we hooked up with a good friend Todd and his GF Shannon.
They are boat camping some distance further down the coast.
The boat camp grounds are pretty nice, but you are most definately on your own.
No water,, many require ya pack in a porta potti.
Shannon is way cool, a knockout, built for speed 34 year old.
Todd a fanatic Catalina fisherman. Todd has the most radical cross-eyes I've ever seen in someone. One eye aimed 180 degrees south the other eye points north by north west. Evidently it doesn't effect his vision.
They quarrel constantly,, but we love em both.
Two fantastic characters that love to be lost in the middle of the pacific.
Todd nailed a couple yellow tail just Tuesday morning and had some all prepared for us.
Fresh caught Yellowtail cooked right is an amazing dish.
Wash it down with a cold Stella.
Alice and the kids were floored.
Just something about caught-then-cooked-on-the-spot. Amazing flavor.
Shannon has two daughters they bring boat camping on the island and fish from their Boston Whaler they anchor off the camp grounds beach.
No showers at the primitive camp ground, so they gladly took us up on using our fresh water showers aboard the boat, and we brought them lots more ice.
You really feel like you've boated to the nowhere every place is a million miles from when ya circle the west end of the island.
The kids snorkled amongst the Garibaldi and Bat Rays.
The saying easy boating locations bring bad people, difficult boating destinations bring good people most definitely applies here.
We gave 18 gallons of fresh water to one boat-in camping family who's sailboats water maker had failed. Their fresh water tank only holds 18. We also gave them a flat of the Kirkland mini water bottles.
No problem, we can take on more water when we return to Two Harbors.
Those water makers we're told give you just a few gallons of water for every gallon of gas you burn making it BTW.
Hold that thought and bring it up when sail boaters ask about your fuel bill. Bring up their slip and haul out fees too.
But ya don't hear than kinda smack talk this side of the island.
Travelling back to Two Harbors just past Black Jack then heading east we caught some soft easterly swells that carried us back smoothly and was thrilling to say the least. A flat, fast, smooth, amazing ride on clear baby blue waters we didn't expect. We kept the boat at about 42 MPH the whole way.
Only boat we past was a rowing crew team from LBS circling the island. Offered them "Spinach" aka cold Stellas and they accepted.
We brought the kids bikes and they went mountain biking on the trails and firebreaks when we returned.
"At least a 10 minute down hill-no pedal run back" the kids told us.
We lock the bikes to a palm tree on the beach with no problems.
Two Harbors from the Coastline hiking trail:
We took our boat on a fuck off cruise from Two Harbors to Lobster Bay.
In Lobster Bay we hooked up with a good friend Todd and his GF Shannon.
They are boat camping some distance further down the coast.
The boat camp grounds are pretty nice, but you are most definately on your own.
No water,, many require ya pack in a porta potti.
Shannon is way cool, a knockout, built for speed 34 year old.
Todd a fanatic Catalina fisherman. Todd has the most radical cross-eyes I've ever seen in someone. One eye aimed 180 degrees south the other eye points north by north west. Evidently it doesn't effect his vision.
They quarrel constantly,, but we love em both.
Two fantastic characters that love to be lost in the middle of the pacific.
Todd nailed a couple yellow tail just Tuesday morning and had some all prepared for us.
Fresh caught Yellowtail cooked right is an amazing dish.
Wash it down with a cold Stella.
Alice and the kids were floored.
Just something about caught-then-cooked-on-the-spot. Amazing flavor.
Shannon has two daughters they bring boat camping on the island and fish from their Boston Whaler they anchor off the camp grounds beach.
No showers at the primitive camp ground, so they gladly took us up on using our fresh water showers aboard the boat, and we brought them lots more ice.
You really feel like you've boated to the nowhere every place is a million miles from when ya circle the west end of the island.
The kids snorkled amongst the Garibaldi and Bat Rays.
The saying easy boating locations bring bad people, difficult boating destinations bring good people most definitely applies here.
We gave 18 gallons of fresh water to one boat-in camping family who's sailboats water maker had failed. Their fresh water tank only holds 18. We also gave them a flat of the Kirkland mini water bottles.
No problem, we can take on more water when we return to Two Harbors.
Those water makers we're told give you just a few gallons of water for every gallon of gas you burn making it BTW.
Hold that thought and bring it up when sail boaters ask about your fuel bill. Bring up their slip and haul out fees too.
But ya don't hear than kinda smack talk this side of the island.
Travelling back to Two Harbors just past Black Jack then heading east we caught some soft easterly swells that carried us back smoothly and was thrilling to say the least. A flat, fast, smooth, amazing ride on clear baby blue waters we didn't expect. We kept the boat at about 42 MPH the whole way.
Only boat we past was a rowing crew team from LBS circling the island. Offered them "Spinach" aka cold Stellas and they accepted.
We brought the kids bikes and they went mountain biking on the trails and firebreaks when we returned.
"At least a 10 minute down hill-no pedal run back" the kids told us.
We lock the bikes to a palm tree on the beach with no problems.
Two Harbors from the Coastline hiking trail:
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