August 11, 2012: Well we rested enough to make the final push to Port Angeles today. I was hoping for clear skies or at least a high cloud ceiling so we could enjoy the views of the mountains on both side of the border. But no such luck, we had heavy fog the entire way except the last hour when we were treated to a fantastic view of the Olympics tipped with a scattering of the remaining snow fields. It was a nice welcome home sight and we both felt the tension of the long journey begin to ease from our bodies and minds.

We have some final thoughts on our trip up the west coast which we feel made our travel successful.

 Traveled only when winds were “predicted” to be 10 knots or less out of the north to northwest
 Stayed only 2-3 miles offshore, the size of the swells tended to be more nominal & we had a nice half knot to knot current push northbound
 Studied 4-5 weather internet sites each day while we waited
 If the conditions were very good we by-passed our original destination and kept going overnight (this was really key to our progress)
 Absolutely no schedule or deadline to meet
 Didn’t fuss about trying to sail … we motorsailed the entire way
 Stayed focused on the task of getting home … too easy to get lulled into staying tied to the dock

Well anyway enough of this … thanks for all your welcome home emails.

“There is no place like home.”