The weather turned windy and rainy, so I wasn’t able to get any kayaking in until the day before we left Montague. The skies looked a bit ominous, but I decided to give it a go and hope for the best.
As I paddled around the shoreline, I spotted this old derelict mooring buoy on the beach (this is how desperate I was by now to shoot anything).
When I reached the other side of the harbor, I decided to risk paddling around the northern point of the anchorage, since there wasn’t much wind or current at the time, and I was desperate for a photo op.
Finally, I spotted this seal trying to get comfortable on a partially submerged rock. He was so intent on finding a comfortable position, that he didn’t pay much attention to me.
About this time, the sun broke through. Unfortunately, the wind picked up also, so I decided it would be prudent to head back to the boat.
As I headed back, I spotted an Oyster Catcher. I don’t see many of these, so I was pleased to get a clean shot of it.
Then, just beyond the Oyster Catcher, I spotted a couple of very small ducks in the distance. When I zoomed in, I couldn’t believe my eyes, they were Harlequin Ducks! That made my day, even though the seas were too bumpy to get a decent shot, I now know that there are Harlequin Ducks in this area. Maybe I can get a better shot next time.
Just before I got back to the boat, I spotted some Cormorants preening themselves.
We’d been enjoying kicking back and relaxing for a few days, when we received a call from Al’s son, Russ. He said the broker we’d listed our house with was trying to contact us about an offer on our house. With an amazing program called DocuSign, we were able to counter-offer, and eventually accept their final offer, all through emails…. amazing! So, the house is now in a 30-day escrow. Unfortunately, this means we’ll be heading back to Seattle, awaiting an appraisal, home and pest inspections, and approval of a small loan for the buyers, which will take about 17 days, or less. As soon as it looks like it’s a done deal, we’ll head for home and finish packing and moving to our new place in Redding.
We bought the new place in December, did some remodeling, and started moving everything except the furniture, stuff in the garage and under the house, and everyday essentials. If, by some miracle, everything goes smoothly and there aren’t any hitches, escrow will close on our old house around June 9. We’re going to be busy little bees.
Summer Cruise Aboard "Jubilacion" 2017 