tis july the fourth. a day for us to remember He who gives us true freedom from the burdens of this world! to give thanks for the wonderful gifts we have been given, including this amazing place to live. and a good day to reflect on the reality that we are wholy dependant upon the love and grace that freely flows from The Creator!
"america, america, God shed His grace on thee,
and crown Thy good with sisterhood (and botherhood)
from sea to shining sea!!!"
ah, yes! the sea!
we had an amazing day upon the sea! we left our sweet little harbour this morning, waving goodbye to our new friends as we pulled anchor and headed for the narrow channel. darrell and nancy gave as a happy little toot on their airhorn as we embarked on the day's journey.
the plan was to head northeast from latrappe creek to dun cove in harris creek 9 miles away, as the crow flies (with no prevailing winds). the forecast called for northeast winds, so this was going to be a day of tacking and tacking (something we haven't been the greatest in, in the past). however, that is in the past! tacking is going back and forth at angles into the wind. it has to be done on a sailboat, as a sailboat can not sail directly into the wind. generally speaking, you have to sail at least 30 degrees from head on winds. obviously this means you have to go much farther to get from point a to point b.
but it is much fun, once you (we) get (got) the hang of it! it is wonderful to look at our course lines on the gps plotter. our tacks were not only nearly perfectly executed, but they were all very well timed! i'm not bragging, i'm just feeling mighty fine that we've come a long way in learning the craft of sail. cricket and Somebody has taught us well, and has been taking very good care of us, in spite of ourselves. one word... grace!
we are now anchored in the snuggest little cove we could imagine! in our view there is a pretty farm, and pine trees lining the shore. not a lot of wiggle room in here, but our anchor seems set quite well, and there is plenty of protection from both wind and waves.
earlier, as were finding our way into this little bit of paradise, a motor boat hailed us to say their batteries had died, and they couldn't get their boat started. we were in a very narrow channel, and couldn't stop to help at the moment, but as soon as we were securely anchored, we dinghied over on jimminy to see if we could assist. they appreciated the offer, but said someone else could help. so we thought, "why dinghy straight back to cricket, when we could let jimminy help us explore this sweet cove?" turned out to be a great idea, because we found an amazing camp/picnic sight just up the cove from us. so we headed back to cricket, pam packed a wonderful picnic dinner, we took a quick dip to cool off, we grabbed owen and took off for our shore lunch/supper. the spot had beautiful huge oaks, pines and even some holly trees (prickly leaves on the ground!). there were two picnic tables, a swing, horseshoe pits, a little grill, a lovely wooden swing hanging from the oak's high branches, and even a little tree fort! we had a great walk across a couple of young corn feilds, and over to the main part of harris creek bay. owen loved the place! he loved feeling dry ground under his paws, and walked a long ways with us on his leash. we even took a little nap together up in the little tree fort.
back on cricket now, i hear distant fireworks popping off, see the nearly full moon rising to the east, and have a grateful heart for all the blessings of the day!
oh yeah... and i got some pretty cool footage of jellyfish swimming around this evening! i'll try'n figure a way to post 'em in a week or so.
oh, oh yeah... pam and i played backgammon this evening too. i won't say who won more games. that would be bragging.
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