We came within sight of land today. It's a good thing too, because we had been getting hammered from some northwest winds and we were sitting in the trough, bouncing us around real good. Moving around on a boat that is eating tossed a little, is a workout. You start to move one way, the boat forces you to move the other way, then when you start to get somewhere, the boat pushes you back to where you started. Sometimes you just have to dance around and let the motion take over. If done correctly, you can dance down a passageway or across the galley like a drunken ninja. There's a reason why Johnny Depp moves around like a drunk in his Pirate movies, it's because that's how you get around in a boat. Its an art that only some can master. Depp apparently has a beautiful sailing yacht that he spends his spare time on, and he probably mastered his movements entertaining guests at sea. Our cook Perry has some good drunken sailor moves. He will spin around in the galley when moving about Ike's he's doing the tango. Somehow it works and he gets from point A to point B with little effort. You just have to relax and not fight the pitch and roll.
So, land is is here and we are officially inland. The Nav software shows us getting into Elliot Bay (Seattle) Saturday evening around 22:00, but from there, we hand off our barge and it's a few hours north to our docks in Everett. Feet dry for Mother's Day!
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