We left June 17th and landed in Seattle, rented 2 minivans to load our 22 bags heading to the airport (not including backpacks), drove 2.5 hours to Port Angeles, checked into a hotel, unloaded all of our luggage, returned mini vans and passed out!
On the 18th, we took a ferry to beautiful Victoria, BC to pick up our new kayaks and Hannah and I paddled to the SeaXII. We departed Victoria on the SeaXII to head back to Port Angeles, WA believing it was easier to load our 22 bags plus 8 shipped boxes in the US.
Bad news – deciding to face our fears, I decided to test our pilot house bathroom…and brought down our whole toilet system:( The toilet problem that started last summer continues to plague us…. As my friend points out, unfortunately there are no porta potties as back-up along our route, and my kids aren’t adept at the Grand Canyon manner of using the bathroom…yet.
We loaded all of our luggage, and 10 days worth of groceries from Walmart, visited gorgeous Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park and then pushed off on June 20th to head back to Sydney Harbour, right outside Victoria, where Philbrooks will take a look at the toilets.
June 21, 2024: I went for a run and visited the adorable town of Sydney to pick up donuts and headed back to the boat to find we are apparently on a B.O.A.T. – wait, what? They found the source of the bathroom issue – yay! – only to find that the alternator and water pump weren’t working. Oh, and we found a water leak. We took the Fournado (dinghy) to lunch in Sydney. Kathryn couldn’t handle the speed after our very sloooooow 8 knot speed on the SeaXII and fell out of her seat. They put the old alternator on, replaced the water pump, replaced the electrical relay for the toilet. We don’t think it will be worth leaving today. Will we start our adventure tomorrow?
