August 31, 2008 Port Orchard

running under the Tacoma Narrows Bridges

We are home!!!
We have put exactly 400 hours on the engines and have travelled just over 3000 miles in 4 months minus 6 days and with two weeks off when we had to return home for family and business. It has all gone by way too fast. We have seen amazing stuff, been to amazing places, shared it with great friends and travel partners and are home in one piece with virtually nothing bad happening throughout the trip.

We spent the last few days in Longbranch with the Roche Harbor Yacht club in one of our famous wagon wheels. 25 boats formed the circle on Friday in relatively stiff breezes. For a while we were not sure the wheel would hold but after Glen, Dave, Nat and I put out a few extra anchors it would have held even in Dixon Entrance, well maybe not but it held together and the winds abated later that night. We had three wonderful days hanging out with old friends, that is just figuratively speaking, and having a grand old time. Three days if the longest we have spent in any one spot in the last four months by the way.



the Wagon Wheel and a jet powered Kayak

We went to the Labor Day dance at the Longbranch improvement club and had a good time listening and dancing to good old 60s and 70's music. Jim Valley of the old Paul Revere and the Raiders group showed up and played with the band for a while and it was really quite good.

Today James and JJ came down and rode back with us to Port Orchard. The water was perfect and except for a small thunder storm with a little lightening and a bit of rain we had a prefect run home.

We had to move the sailboat that was taking up our space at the dock but I found the email rom June telling me who he was and called him and he will move it out of here tomorrow. Until them we are sharing the space.

It is bittersweet to be home. Nice to have the journey safely behind us but it all went by so fast and there is so much more to see and do that were sorry it is over and we have to unpack and go back to work.

So, for now this will be the final entry into the blog for a while. We will perhaps pick it up again the next time were out but thanks for following along on our trip nd sharing it vicariously. we enjoyed keeping you entertained and hope you enjoyed the adventure as much as we enjoyed sharing it.