I am going to start off telling you about two young people,both sailors, out there right now ,sailing South!!!    Their names are Jessie and Neil, and their boat’s name is                          ” The Red Thread”      We met them last year, sailing around Vancouver Island, two wonderful,courageous ,young people ,living on board in Seattle and working towards sailing South. Well, they are doing that right now, sailing from San Francisco to Monterey,if you like, follow them on their blog: SVTHE RED THREAD.COM      The blog is wonderful, full of great info about boating, about life, about sailing!!!!     I admire them very much, and we hope to meet them again someday!!

As for us……well, here we go!!    I have had major issues with my new computer, and became very discouraged using it at all, while we were in Comox , we had a gent from the computer shop come to the boat ,to teach me how to use this darn thing, its not the computer itself, a beauty,ASUS X550D, but its Windows 8 ,which i absolutely hate, i had been using Windows XP for 9 years, just loved it, it was simple, easy,clear to use, i am not super smart but i got along very well with XP, and now Windows 8, i really started doubting my ability to learn anything new, what a frustration, this nice gent from the computer shop changed things as much as possible for me ,so its almost….ALMOST like XP, at least i am blogging again, so here we go with the stories i want to share!!!

Bert will be home this week, so i have been scrubbing the boat, had all the carpets cleaned, and washed the ceiling, NOT an easy job!! But she is looking good for her skipper!!!
It took me quite a while to get used to being here, in Port Sidney, it is very busy, and the jets fly over continually, someone else that is flying over all the time is my old friend Jonathan, my fine seagull friend, who i have known now for 11 years!!!
This amazing bird flew over the boat a few times, it seemed like he could not quite believe his eyes that it was really me, once he heard my voice, he landed next to the boat, accompanied by very loud calling, i am pretty sure he was saying that it was about bloody time i came back!!!!
He is looking old, a bit ratty, after all, these birds get to be 35 or older!!!
Every morning he is here at 5, Bert will just love that, so i now leave food out in the evening for his breakfast, if a don’t, he will keep on calling and even jump unto the boat, tapping the portholes.
We have good friends here, who make sure i don’t get too lonely,i am so very grateful to them all!!!!

It was not easy to leave, i would not see Bert for a long time again, but the boat was calling, Matt had been taking care of my bonsai tree,and other greenery , he did a super job, i am very grateful to him!!

Here are some photos taken out of the plane, i recognized anchoring spots, Clam bay, Ganges, it was a truly beautiful evening to come home, plus my buddy and sis , Ineke, was waiting for me!!!!