Friday, November 21, 2025 – The sunrise was blocked by clouds, but there was still a little bit of dramatic color.

We haven’t said much about the anchorage conditions, so we figured we should. All in all, it was comfortable and pleasant. We did get some wakes from the ferry and other boat traffic, but the wakes usually weren’t bad and they weren’t frequent. 

Today was the typical routine. We did school and chores in the morning. One of the chores was to change the sheets on Keith’s bed, which was a surprisingly difficult task that took two people. Normally, Eric and Christi did it together. While Eric’s back was feeling better, he was still unable to bend over to put on the bedding. Keith helped Christi, instead. It did not go smoothly, but it did get done.

The next item on the to-do list was to go to the grocery store. There was a big grocery store almost a mile south of the closest public dock and small grocery store a few blocks west. Given that it was still a bit challenging for Eric to walk on the uneven roads, we opted for the small grocery store. We decided our best plan of action would be to have lunch at Colors, then walk to the grocery store from there.

Lunch was good. This was the view of Colors from the road and a close up of one of the exterior walls.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 — Christi and Keith both woke up late, still feeling zombie-esque. In the morning, Christi did school with Keith, cleaned and did laundry. Eric was still in a lot of pain this morning. Despite the pain, he managed to rinse and wipe down some of the starboard side of the boat. Eric and Keith worked on organizing stuff to move from marina mode to anchorage mode. For us, recovering from a passage is a 1:1 ratio — for every day at sea, it takes a day of extra rest, extra cleaning, extra organizing, etc, to get back on track for our normal routine.

We went to shore for a late lunch/early dinner, mostly because we wanted to enjoy time on land. The first restaurant we went to was called Snappas, which was a little bit west of the public dock that we went to yesterday. We picked it in part because the reviews said it had its own dock. The restaurant and its sea wall, not dock, looked new and there was a small marina there.