Sail the sea with The Merry Lee

Hola Amigos,

Sunday May 8th , we left SDYC at 6 AM and saw absolutely nooooobody. This is a huge harbor. We usually have to dodge Warships, Pilot Boats and a gazallion small fishing boats. Such is the gravitational pull of Mother’s Day that glue guy’s feet to land and keep them from getting on their boats. “Honey how would you like to wake up at 5AM, get in a smelly fishing boat and bob up and down in the cold wet ocean for your Mother’s Day?” NOT!
Since we were the only ones out we thought we could relax on watch. Another NOT. About an hour outside of SD, a whale popped up 50 feet from us for some big gulps of air and then disappeared. Looks like whales don’t do Mother’s Day Brunch.
We got to Dana Point around 3PM. We anchored not once ,not twice, not thrice, but four times and we still did an awful job. Pretty pathetic after cruising for almost 7 months. We cleaned Turtle Bay sand and dirt off the dingy and came to shore for Mother’s Day dinner with Grandchildren and their Mother and ML’s baby.
We got another early start on Monday. There was a small craft advisory with winds of 15 to 20 knots, so we had some concerns about leaving. After seeing what conditions were like in a small craft advisory we are proud of how well the Merry Lee performed on the Bash with winds up to 30 knots. We got into our slip in Marina Del Rey at 3:30 PM. We had left La Paz exactly 13 days and 1000 miles ago. It was fun being welcomed back by all of our friends in the marina. We look forward to spending time with Family and Friends. They have been missed.
We have followed several other Sail Blogers over time and we have felt a disbelief that their journeys had ended and we really missed reading their Blogs.
If life is a circle, where does one journey end and a new one begin? We will let you know when we find out.

Happy Trails to Family and Friends to You and Us until be Blog again

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The Merry Lee