Hi Family and Friends!! Just a quick update-It is Tuesday October 9 and we are at a Marina in Oxnard. We had a nice sail from Monterey to Morro Bay-and enjoyed the hospitality of the yacht club and the sunny weather. We left early in the morning for an overnight trip to the Channel Islands. We enjoyed a wonderful day with great sailing conditions and many sightings of whales (some a little to close). As they approached the bow of the boat and UNDER the boat. Many playful seals along the way. After dark we passed Point conception without any problems and at about 3:00 AM the winds picked up and the seas were "confused". This went on for hours and with the speed of the wind we arrived "too" early to our destination of San Miquel island. So, we stalled for a while to approach the anchorage in the day light. San Miquel was beautiful, but still very windy. The anchorage felt safe and we slept for hours. The next day was calm and we sailed off to Santa Cruz Island-beautiful sunny day and more whales. We enjoyed one day of beautiful weather and took a very long hike on the island. The next 6 days were filled with the Santa Ana winds -we moved from several anchorages and found more wind. We changed plans several times finally settling at a small anchorage at anacapa island. Once again a beautiful place with beautiful water-until the santa ana's picked up again. So we decided to head to a marina and here we are in Oxnard. Actually a nice place with grocery store and laundramat near by. But, we are ready for the ocean again and will leave early in the AM for Catalina Island. 
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