June 28-29, 2015

We made the trip over the mighty Columbia River bar this morning with somewhat heavy fog.  Once we broke through the fog the rest of the day was pretty easy.  We spent well over an hour being entertained by dozens of dolphin.  One did a backflip near the bow of our boat.  We saw at large pod of Orca whales and had grey (we think) whales off to the side of the boat.  Great day for marine mammal watching.  Hopefully some of the video comes out.  We motored into Wesport in Greys Harbor and tied up for the night.  Jim picked Zach up and the two them headed home.  

Monday the 29th Carl and I departed Westport at 0500 in a light fog for a 12 hour motor/sail up to the tiny Quileute tribal fishing village of La Push.  We tied up for the night and met two nice Coast Guard gentlemen who did an inspection.  We passed :)   We do learn that if you need to come in after dark a call to the Quileute Coast Gurad will allow them to turn on the high powered lights and you can sail in under what appears to be a full moon.  That would help!  What a beautifully quiet spot for the evening.  We will await the high tide in the morning since the water levels at low tide are about 6 feet and we draw 5'3”.  This gives us an excuse to sleep in before we sail off on the high tide towards Neah Bay, concluding our tour of Washington coast harbors for this year.