We pulled into Bodega Bay Wednesday morning and tried to drop anchor.  Ooops the pile of chain had fallen over on itself and wedged in tightly!  I came into Vberth and pushed and pulled and freed 2 feet...  went upstairs to explain to Doug.  He put boat in autopilot and took remote to bow to pull up those two feet and I returned to vberth to loosen next chunk and so it went for 100 feet.  lol. Very relaxing two days swinging in the bay!  and catching up on sleep : )


Friday we pulled into Spud Point Marina still in Bodega to tie up and begin the party.  Well not really but yes and it was great.  After the marina had us move and all the hassles around that.... solved by an awesome fuel dock attendant, Reece!  We then met Ken and his son Glenn who were also being told to move so after some commiserating we arranged for then to come by later and share some stories.  They brought some wine and we told stories and compared favorite anchoring sites, moorages, and more.  They went back to their boat/home.

Shortly after that Scott and Susan Bowdish, Doug's best friends from college, arrived and we went to dinner to begin to catch-up.  They are dear friends we have seen on average of once per year or two for short periods.  Last time we spent any real time together was about 25 years ago, building the stair railing at Snowcrest.... Eventually back to the boat and assessed a few projects on the list...  Saturday they arrived with a van of supplies, started projects and energy for more visiting and lunch, then Doug and Susan went shopping while Scott and I attached the list. 

We finished first so had a glass of wine, cleaned the kitchen and visited more till Doug and Susan came back with food and cooked for us.  Good food, good friends, good memories, good time and another late night!  lol

Today they came and the weather was perfect for a soft sail in the bay.  First time for them and a great opportunity for us to experience with a beam reach point of sail...  came back in to meet Barbara and Frank.  It was a great time too.  Barbara was the vet who answered on 'just answers' when I was having concerns about Maui Boy twitching....  She is from here and back visiting.   Very great weekend and demonstrating we are getting old and worn out!

At least the electric winch handles worked well and are meant to keep old folks sailing longer.  lol...  seriously, it takes a LOT of work to get the sails up manually....

Barbara and Frank left and went to lunch n we did shortly, ironically to the same restaurant ( only 2 in walking distance) joined up and had great lunch together.  Then Scott n Susan took us for a drive to the other end of the bay where we were considering anchoring at that night.   Had a lovely and first of our trip, walk on the beach!   Decided too tired and too much to do so would spend one more night in dock and go out after Doug repairs down customer that did not want to work on it over weekend.... 


VERY great time this weekend and so glad for it!  Also soooo tired I may not be giving it justice.  lol  will sleep really well tonight!

Next week into SF Bay and do some supplying and exchanges at the resale shop....  never ending.  :)   Also another opportunity to meet up with Scott who works there and Susan who has graciously offered to chauffeur us all over the bay area.    SF is about 12 hours away but will probably take three days with 2 overnighters out to anchor.  One of the major decisions we have made is we don't 'like' sailing overnight but we really do enjoy 'anchor hopping.'  Yes it takes a lot of time in and out and is slow but we enjoy it!!!!  Guess what we will be doing as much as possible? 

PS Grey whales last week were actually hump backs according to the identification boards here!

And from there I am heading to sleep and will correct or add later as needed.  love to all!