The Day Has Come

Well, it turns out that if you keep on planning for something, pay the bills, buy the tickets, etc. the day will actually arrive and you will be faced with a mountain of gear and the road ahead... Devon is heading to Arizona with John and Sean to start off on what has been referred to in our lives for the past 5 years as "The Grand."

Devon of course is still "working" on something last minute. And jane at the moment is sitting on an airplane. But for the next three weeks the posting may be light. To keep up on the goings on in Santa Cruz Check out Jane's blog. We are both going to miss fiona very much but still plan on a wonderful time on the river.

More to come
Love
Louise

Old Dog...

Not a lot of updates lately, I've been doing a lot of training at work and have been putting in extra hours. Devon has been "working" (see above photo) and getting things done in advance of our being away in October, and Fiona has been busy with swimming and school and isn't that good at typing anyway. Luna is still kicking, she lives a relaxed lifestyle shuttling between sun and shade, and after 12 years of best behaviour she pulled something out of the trash last week. See, old dogs do pick up on new tricks, especially when there is a chicken bone involved.

We're looking forward to our trip which has been in the works for years and years, Blogging might be sparse next month but we'll be sure to have great tales when we get back. So just so everyone is aware, Devon is leaving on September 29th and Louise on October 7th...we get back around the 21st or 22nd give or take a day.

Love
Louise

We got one!

This weekend I did a repeat of my offshore fishing trip, this time with Sean and Mike, two friends from work. We left the harbor around 8pm, and sailed over night, taking turns sleeping and sailing the boat under a full moon. Weather conditions were perfect for sailing, a steady wind all night and all the following day while we fished and sailed home. To catch the tuna you have to find warm offshore waters where they feed, so we sailed a long way, about 60 miles out (copy-paste into Google Maps: 36° 37' N 123° 02' W).

Success!












In addition to fish, we had a Fin whale surface very close to the boat, checking us out.












Also saw about 10 humpback whales, some also very close. In fact, we almost ran into a group of humpbacks--- we had to yell at Mike, who was steering at the time, to turn the boat before we hit one.











All in all a fantastic trip, although it left me pretty exhausted by the time we got home at 10pm after 26 hours at sea.

Behold the Yeti

As elusive, but not quite as hairy, Fiona is having a nap for THE FIRST TIME IN A WEEK!!!!!



Just as we were getting used to the idea of planning things to do in the afternoons. Damn!

Perhaps the fairy princess lifestyle is exhausting. She spent the morning errands in her fairy cape imagining that she was a snow princess. Looked pretty glamorous a the grocery store.