We woke to a more typical NW day, cloudy and raining by the time breakfast was finished. Since the currents were running too strong at Deception Pass for most of the morning we stayed on the hook at Hope Island till it was time to make our way to the mouth of the pass for slack, the 5 minute window when the tide is running neither in nor out. When we arrived there were two tugs with a log tow on the opposite side waiting for slack as well so we pulled Gator alongside and went through with a 2 and half knot flow in our favor. Deception Pass is always one of my favorites. The Bridge over the pass is 144 feet high and connects the Islands of Whidbey and Fidalgo. We dumped into Rosario Strait and made our way to the San Juan Islands. As many of you know the straits can be trying at times with varying degrees of roughness from, lay a few things down to “batten down the hatches”. Today was fine, whitecaps and mini ocean rollers but nothing uncomfortable or requiring stabilizers to be deployed. It was smooth enough in the afternoon for me to spend time down in the galley doing some baking.
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