..and that about wraps up 2009
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Winter is on it’s way, and so am I! I will be in Seattle 12/22 .. you guys better get the heaters stoked, I am not all too excited about the cold weather I have been hearing about!
It has been an awfully long time since I made a blog entry, and as for living the wild, exciting life of a solo sailor.. well, not so much; the truth of it is I have been mostly bored out of my mind. As you may have guessed, I won’t be anchored off in some tucked away bay, sipping foofy drinks (with the little umbrellas in them) in Mexico this winter. I really tired of looking at all the weather models, trying to line up the wind, the seas, the time of day, and the tide, only come to find the river bar was closed. So I resigned to winter off here in southern Oregon. 2010 will work just as well as 2009.. well better I hope! Besides S/V Distant End, and S/V Isabella will then be coming down the coast, which I hope to hitch up with.
After spending two months in Charleston I realized that was about a month and twenty nine days too many, not that there is anything specifically wrong with Charleston, it’s more there really wasn’t anything there at all, especially after everything closed down for year. John (S/V Morning Light) and I took the bus into Coos Bay proper (my first time into ‘the big city’), to investigate the marina there, as there was rumor that it was even cheaper then Charleston. As it turns out it is $3/ft per month – everything included, half what Charleston was, and Charleston was about half what I was paying in Everett, so being the tight wad that I am you can imagine how this appealed to me! On December 1st we both motored our boats the twelve miles up the river (fear not, neither of us are without paddles), and are now docked in downtown Coos Bay. So nice to be within walking distance of a Safeway, a Fred Meyer and a library. There are some small adjustments to be made, there are no restrooms, showers or laundry facilities at the marina, so we have had to scout around a bit. Another issue is; the entire city of Coos Bay has free Wifi (which on the face sounds like a good thing.. no?), but they have a limit of one hour online, then you have to log off for four; and since there is this free access, there is no competition, so I cannot even buy 24/7 Wifi access… BOOO! I have a workaround, but it requires some computer geekery, and I do not know exactly how ethical it is, even though there are no expressed rules against it.
Since my last installment I aged a year, how in heck did I ever get to be fifty years old? And why haven’t I grown up any! I am now eligible to be AARP member .. <ed. note – remember to insert some hilarious witticism about being an old timer here, maybe something regarding loss of memory..
umm..
where was I?
Randy
S/V Ivy
