Merry Christmas

We are in Channel Islands at the guest docks finishing up our boat projects and provisioning.  Our van is now safely tucked-up in the Los Padres National Forest at a wonderful little mountain community called Reyes Creek at our friend Marvin's cabin.  It was a gorgeous drive through the mountains yesterday, and now without vehicles once again, we really feel like we are cruising again!

So far, Craig has successfully installed the old Furuno Radar and it works like a charm.  He spliced this crazy multiple colored wire and it actually worked which is like some sort of black art to the technologically challenged such as myself.  The Radar tower and davit that our friend Travis designed and manufactured is really a thing of beauty and looks like functional art.  We have it rigged so that if anyone of us, God forbid, needs to be lifted out of the water the other person can easily accomplish the task.  It will also be handy for putting our outboard on and off our dinghy and lifting heavy provisions.  Craig installed some very bright lights on the tower as well which light up our cockpit and the side of the boat.  It has the added benefit of attracting bait fish at night too!  We are spending the holiday at Craig's mom Sue's house and should be departing for San Diego on Monday.  Happy Holidays to All!