Anacortes to Stuart Island – Reid Harbor June 27th

Well, the sea trials for the new auto pilot and Sea Tel TV Satellite went well and the guys at Anacortes Marine and Electrical were great. Thanks to Terry, Joe, and the two Bryans, we were ready to go and confident that all was well with the new equipment. Thank you Bryan senior for the loan of the truck as we need to return the first Sea Tel antenna that was incorrectly shipped. Such is life on a boat. Everything takes longer than expected, is more complicated and brings up more complexity than you would think possible. I really do love Anacortes and the folks at Cap Sante Marina, Dale and Willa are fantastic folks. Thanks to Willa we won’t be arrested at the Canadian border. We needed to remove all our wine and liquor that we moved to the boat from the house. You can only take two bottles into Canada. Willa agreed to store it in her garage until our return to Anacortes. Thanks Willa you saved us. And no, we would not be arrested, but probably would have to pay a significant duty fee. Given how late it was in the afternoon when we headed out from Anacortes, we did not think we would make Poets Cove in Canada and be ready for customs too. So we opted to stop in Reid Harbor in Stuart Island State Park. We had spent two days previously at Stuart Island, back on June 6th and had stayed in Prevost Harbor. It was very enjoyable so we decided to stay this time in Reid Harbor. It was so pleasant, we stayed for two days.