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Heading to the lower 48

Patricia Thompson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:52:22 -0500

Hello from Kodiak. We would first like to thank all of you for your encouragement, support and being with us as we traveled the many miles from Thailand to Kodiak Alaska. We have traveled well over 9000 nautical miles since this past February and, as we put our girl Equus to bed for a long cold winter, we look back with great appreciation and gratitude. (Continued...)

"You Otter be here"

Patricia/the day after the low of 50knt + winds went through — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:20:47 -0500

We arrived on Monday the 7th with overcast sky' in the drizzling rain, a bit disappointed not to get to Geographic which is on the other side of the Strait, but like most of this trip, we were out running weather and heading to safe harbor because a low i.e. storm was heading our way. (Continued...)

Clear skys

Patricia Thompson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:23:00 -0500

September 5, 2009 We just dropped our hook by Coal Point, North of Wide Bay on the West side of Shelikof Strait. We were greeted by two sea otters as we approached and many sea birds. It feels like a summer's day here. The warm sun light casts shadows on the birds as we watched their reflections as they would swoop and glide on the water as they flew overhead. (Continued...)