Briskwater rests for a couple of days...

Sarah and I planned on meeting with family coming via motorboat on Friday (7/25), so we motored from Matia Island to the north coast of Orcas Island to pick up foodstuffs in the town of Eastsound (see entries 18 & 19). Since there are no moorings for the public on the whole north coast of Orcas, we anchored near the coast north of the Orcas Island Airport, rowed the dinghy to the beach, and walked about a mile to downtown Eastsound and back.

From the Orcas coast, we sailed to Sucia, where we tied Briskwater to a state park mooring buoy in Fox Cove; we really lucked out there, as just about every other anchorable/moorable spot around the island looked jammed with boats big and small.

We met up with our family, who was setting up camp on a campsite between Fox Cove and Fossil Bay. For the next couple of days, we explored the island and ate lots of gourmet camp food, with the highlights being smoked salmon Asian salad and chocolate bananas Saturday night.

It was good coming to know future family members Drew and his mom Pam during the weekend camping trip. Also, our friend Stephanie showed up Sunday morning to check out the island and ride with Sarah and me for the first step to the south, back home.