Since we left Nanaimo about 2 in the afternoon, we didn’t really have plans to do anything active tonight. Just anchor, cook dinner, and relax after our very exciting morning. We decided on Herring Bay on Ruckston Island.  It was a pretty popular anchorage, but we got some reading done and I finally got my sunset photos and some glamour shots of Blue-J.  She’s been looking a lot nicer the longer the trip goes on.  I’ve waxed all the interior woodwork, we buffed the blue painted stripe on the hull, I cleaned the bimini top, and have been slowly working my way through sanding the exterior woodwork for stain.  She’ll return to Port Orchard an entirely unrecognizable boat! Even though she’s got way too much baby blue for my tastes, she does have very nice lines.  Just a classy looking little boat!

Swirling water on the way back from Dodd Pass
Swirling water on the way back from Dodd Pass
More water shots
More water shots
Beautiful lighting on a crane
Beautiful lighting on a crane
Pretty little bay
Pretty little bay
View of the rocks
View of the rocks
Crane
Crane
Jason actually pointed out the lighting.  I was downstairs reading. Good job!
Jason actually pointed out the lighting. I was downstairs reading. Good job!
Birds on the rocks
Birds on the rocks
Pretty little boat
Pretty little boat
The lighting out here makes even this little aluminum dinghy look pretty!
The lighting out here makes even this little aluminum dinghy look pretty!
Haze in the mountains
Haze in the mountains
Jason reading. This is what boating is all about!
Jason reading. This is what boating is all about!
View from our boat
View from our boat
Big sky
Big sky
So much blue!
So much blue!
Blue-J
Blue-J
Reflection of the sun
Reflection of the sun
Pretty boat
Pretty boat
Blue stairs up to someone's little cabin
Blue stairs up to someone’s little cabin
Jason's ring.  I put it on a necklace for him so he could still wear it.
Jason’s ring. I put it on a necklace for him so he could still wear it.
Crane hunting fish
Crane hunting fish
Rocks at sunset
Rocks at sunset
Blue-J
Blue-J
She really is a pretty boat.
She really is a pretty boat.
Into the sunset
Into the sunset

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Sunset
Sunset

 

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Good night Blue-J!