Anchors Aweigh!

It looks like we are going out sailing tomorrow.  We've completed all projects deemed essential or at least the ones that we think about in the wee hours of the morning.  The crowds have brought their boats back and gone home.  The weather will be beautiful.  We have no good excuse not to go out and do what we came here for!  So tomorrow about 11:30 we'll leave the dock and catch the currents to help us along our way to go explore Cypress Island.  There are a couple of anchorages we want to check out.  Also this island is supposed to have some great hiking.  You  may recall we cruised past it when we were out exploring with Midshipman Benny Prennan.  One spot we'll be checking out is Eagle Harbor, which we've seen for ourselves is aptly named.  We lost count of the bald eagles as we cruised past.

Speaking of eagles, this morning as Simon and I were walking in Rotary Park we heard a crow making a ruckus (not unusual in the neighborhood).  But then I heard an eagle and looked up just in time to see it take flight just thirty feet away.  Being chased by the crow the whole time.  We have two that hang out in the tree line of Rotary Park, which is our view from the cockpit (Benny refers to this as her favorite tv channel).  They are constantly being harassed by gulls and crows and everything else that flies.

I'm not sure if I mentioned before, but we found a groomer for Simon here in town that we really like.  Anyways here's the before

And the after

She did a nice job and is just a nice lady. As I've mentioned before, Anacortes is quite a dog town.  For that matter the other day I saw a couple with a cat in their shopping cart in the produce department at Safeway.  That was a first.  However dogs are everywhere.  And since we've had warmer temps recently we started seeing signs like this one, found outside the Ace Hardware store

Since we'll be out exploring for a couple days, don't be concerned if you don't hear from us.  We'll post a full trip report when we get back.  Then again, we might just find we're internet capable!  In that case you'll get up-to-the-minute reporting!