Nadia and I went out on a couple of dock photo shoots. She would go off, scout an area and tell me where the best sea life was. All of these shots were taken between 1 and 15 inches of water.
Peter
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Life Under The Dock
Nadia and I went out on a couple of dock photo shoots. She would go off, scout an area and tell me where the best sea life was. All of these shots were taken between 1 and 15 inches of water.
Peter
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Nadia's Projects
Nadia has taken on several projects. One of her books "Nature Smart" showed her how to build a buttefly hatchery. With great luck a local park is right in the middle of a large butterfly (moth?) metamorphasis (sp?). We were able to see thousands of hatching butterfly and collect several chrysalis for Nadia's hatchery. She has placed them in her hatchery along with honey soaked cotton balls for feeding.
She is writing a book (a best seller) "Our Faithful Companions Life", which tells the story of Fitzroy, our labrador.
Nadia and Brenda also make many Fimo clay objects. A couple of which are shown on Nadia's fingers.
We are going to get kicked out of Monterey Harbour soon. They have a 2 week max stay here. There is an area where you can anchor but it is exposed to the NW swell. We will publish our intentions as soon as we figure them out.
Best,
Peter, Brenda and Nadia
Friday, June 8, 2007
What to Do?
We are enjoying our time here at Monterey Bay. Yesterday we watched a mother sea otter float by our boat with a baby on it's tummy. They have done a good job at getting these creatures numbers up in the area. We have a sea lion (as usual) resting close by, barking up a storm when excited. The weather is much better, I would say it is actually warm out. We will probably make another hop down the coast in a few days. We keep getting told how much warmer it is once past Point Conception. The winds are still fairly stiff off the coast, typically 15 to 30 kts (some higher). This too will diminish once past Point Conception. We're holding off making any real decisions for a few days. Once everyone has rested and is feeling better.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Monterey Bay
Sorry for not returning emails. As you can tell from our position report we are sitting in Monterey Bay. An obvious unscheduled stop. However after being here for a half day we see we should have planned this, as it is great place to be. Basically what happened is I got sick. I just could not shake the sea sickness. Not just that queasy feeling but the head over the toe-rail, fish feeding variety. I could not eat and quickly found myself useless. Brenda, the super hero, was doing double duty on
all fronts. It was clear we couldn't carry on too much further especially if the weather worsened which it was potentially going to do. It would have made more sense to run in to a location further south but gales were set for the area in a day or two and I couldn't fathom the idea of having to deal with that if they came sooner. So we decided to beat backwards to Monterey. Our fearless self steering system loves to beat into the wind. I am totally pooped. The last time I was this tired we did a
canoe trip then climbed Mt. Rainier a couple of days later. Getting this trip together has been one obstacle after another. The trip itself has been far harder than I could have imagined. Instead of resting during stops there always seems to be maintenance or weather gathering or something that needs doing. The weather has made it very difficult. Even though we are a fair way south, you get out in the ocean and it is cold. The nights are miserable at best. We often boil water and fill a liter Nalgene
container to use as a hot water bottle. On top of it all I caught a bad respiratory infection prior to leaving and I've only gotten it under control in last few days. Antibiotics always give my tummy a bad time. I'm not too sure what we are going to do now. We do know we can't go off on a voyage like this unless I can perform my share of work. Maybe we could get away with it if it lasts only a few days but the trouble is the weather never seems to give us a break. For sure I need a good rest. I
would have sold the whole boat for a buck a day ago if I could just have been in port and had my stomach stop hurting. It's more expensive today (Dale). So we are all fine, Nadia has lost her first upper front tooth yesterday. She accidentally hit her knee on her mouth and out it came. It was very loose and was set to come out very soon anyway. We saw several whales of which Nadia spotted the first about 50 miles out of SF. While returning to Monterey Bay we had 10 or 15 dolphins doing the bow wave
riding and jumping show for us. That was nice of them. The water here is amazingly clear. Even at the dock the visibility is very good. Many dive charters going out every day, perhaps in a few days if I feel better maybe I'll go tag along with one of them. Even though we are not going where we planned it has been a huge adventure for us so far.
all fronts. It was clear we couldn't carry on too much further especially if the weather worsened which it was potentially going to do. It would have made more sense to run in to a location further south but gales were set for the area in a day or two and I couldn't fathom the idea of having to deal with that if they came sooner. So we decided to beat backwards to Monterey. Our fearless self steering system loves to beat into the wind. I am totally pooped. The last time I was this tired we did a
canoe trip then climbed Mt. Rainier a couple of days later. Getting this trip together has been one obstacle after another. The trip itself has been far harder than I could have imagined. Instead of resting during stops there always seems to be maintenance or weather gathering or something that needs doing. The weather has made it very difficult. Even though we are a fair way south, you get out in the ocean and it is cold. The nights are miserable at best. We often boil water and fill a liter Nalgene
container to use as a hot water bottle. On top of it all I caught a bad respiratory infection prior to leaving and I've only gotten it under control in last few days. Antibiotics always give my tummy a bad time. I'm not too sure what we are going to do now. We do know we can't go off on a voyage like this unless I can perform my share of work. Maybe we could get away with it if it lasts only a few days but the trouble is the weather never seems to give us a break. For sure I need a good rest. I
would have sold the whole boat for a buck a day ago if I could just have been in port and had my stomach stop hurting. It's more expensive today (Dale). So we are all fine, Nadia has lost her first upper front tooth yesterday. She accidentally hit her knee on her mouth and out it came. It was very loose and was set to come out very soon anyway. We saw several whales of which Nadia spotted the first about 50 miles out of SF. While returning to Monterey Bay we had 10 or 15 dolphins doing the bow wave
riding and jumping show for us. That was nice of them. The water here is amazingly clear. Even at the dock the visibility is very good. Many dive charters going out every day, perhaps in a few days if I feel better maybe I'll go tag along with one of them. Even though we are not going where we planned it has been a huge adventure for us so far.
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