It's almost two weeks past our hoped for departure date. Yet we are celebrating that we motored out of the Santa Cruz harbor this afternoon and are anchored off of New Brighton State Beach. It was too late to get to Monterey before dark, so we will continue on in the morning.
To summarize the amount of details wrestled with over the past 3 weeks is impossible. Buying food, moving furniture, sorting belongings, spending time with friends, and family, boat projects on water tanks, stowing the piles of items in nooks and crannies aboard.. the list is endless.
Through it all, God has provided stamina and help, and clarity of vision.
You might be wondering, what did the first few hours of a large trip look like?
We hugged my sister in law and nephew, and we pulled away from the dock and saw Kristin running from our dock up along the shore and out along the jetty. She was there, in position to wave us off as we past into the bay. Then, our friend, Deyess, in his little motorboat zipped out of the harbor and followed along with and in front of us for a while. Next, we saw Captain Megan pop out of the pilot house of the M/V Velocity on its way past us. She gave us a long, warm wave.
After leaving the harbor mouth, what I noticed first, was how quiet we all felt. The tiredness and hurry of the recent past ended! Brian drove, the girls quietly sat together on Eloise's bed and folded origami cranes (for decorating their berths), I looked around at the sunny flat ocean, and decided to call my sister for a leisurely conversation.
Once anchored, Eloise and I made mango salsa and guacamole which we had with chips for our dinner, followed by celebratory ice cream sandwiches.
Both girls played violin for a few minutes, Eloise unpacked a little, Brian texted with a friend, Eddie, who was out for a walk and saw us from the beach. Eila took pictures. Eloise made us all atole ( a Oaxacan hot beverage won e experienced 18 years ago in Mexico) earning herself a new nickname of "atolista" instead of a barista. Then we watched Season 4 Episode 6 of The Chosen while Brian went to bed.( he woke up at 3:30 am to finalize details on our property).
And now, bed time for the rest of us so we can get up and sail on.
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