From
First Mate
Bob Nelson
July 19, 2008, Location Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey
Making final preps for the last leg from Monterey to San Francisco. Sense that the crew is ready to move on after a prolonged stop in Monterey. We will leave around 1730 tonight after the local winds lay down. We will stop at Half Moon Bay in rout and anchor out over Sunday night and then proceed to San Francisco early Monday AM.
Ann Morrison
MMSD Volunteer Crew
July 19, 2008, Location Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey
Ann, here. Hi, Daddy!!
The Monterey marina area is very handy and picturesque. There’s a Trader Joe’s here. Nice.
Pete and I and John Gottlieb are bunking in the forecastle. I chose a bunk between the opened forepeak hatch and the hatch we travel in and out of. It’s nice and airy and has plenty of daylight when the sun is starting to light up the sky. Also, there’s a lot of headroom. However, upon realizing that that bunk will provide an ‘E’ ride when we’re out at sea, I decided to change bunks for another that is athwart ships and more aft. That way, the ‘E’ ticket ride part of the rocking we’d likely get will be side-to-side for me and not end-for-end.
Sleep has come easily and deeply at night. We eat a lot, walk around town some, and work a little on the boat. We’re also getting Hearts lessons from Captain Chuck. He teaches card games by setting good examples. He took full-moon twice in the game last night. (That means that all of us playing with him got 26 points and he got none. This is a game where points are not sought after, ya know.) Yes, Chuck is a great teacher. We also has many examples of what NOT to do in the game. I’m one of those. A couple of nights ago I had the honor of having the most points. Come to think of it, that was one of the games Chuck was watching when he decided to join in. And, as I remember, Uncle Ray (Sweet Baby Ray as his moniker stands now) provided some good ‘don’t do this’ examples last night. It sure is a fun game!
The otters are adorable. They roll around a lot in the water. Last night I heard some geese honking. This morning there were four swimming in the water near us. The Monterey Cypress trees are beautiful.
Yesterday Pete and I walked along a walkway to the Monterey Aquarium. We’ve already been in the Aquarium, so all we did was eat. We also stopped in and I got some puzzles for the ship. I got the horse-shoes, as spring, and the twisted nails. Kevin knows how to do them all. I even learned one of them. Now the Californian has them in her stores.
Well, I’ll stop here for now; gotta go get some goodies from Trader Joes. We leave this afternoon around 1730. Should be fun!! Rahoo!
Love, Ann
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