I received more pictures from Beth (thank you!) so decided to recap and add some stuff.

Sunset over Fisherman Bay:

Above: Lunch at Westcott Bay Shellfish

Beth very kindly purchased a beautiful bouquet for the boat:

Drake and Beth with the Roche Flower Tower:

A visit to the mausoleum:

Above: Welcome to Victoria

A visit to The Empress for their famous G&T’s:

Fun in Victoria:

Above: Bra’s at Big Bad John’s

Below: Lunch at the Beagle Pub on Cook Street:

Totem at Beacon Hill Park:

Sunset over Victoria:

On Thursday we departed Victoria, headed for Friday Harbor to meet up with Sierra, Brian, and Kit.

Sierra made a delicious paella!

Great time with family:

Nick’s first adventure aboard Sierra’s SUP:

We said goodbye to Beth and Drake on Friday – they were headed to La Conner and then on to Leavenworth for a couple of days before flying home to Florida.

After a brief trip to the Saturday farmer’s market, ToG left Friday Harbor to drop anchor in Deer Harbor, meeting up with the Aris crew. Weather forecast calls for some wind and rain so we left Deer Harbor and followed Aris to Jones Island, where we rafted to them at the dock. Got in a nice hike around the west loop yesterday afternoon…today is rainy, so hunkering down.