Fogged

Brookings, Oregon, USA

We had a nice, relaxing day in Brookings.  We walked across the highway bridge to get to the town proper, only about a mile away.  This is a typical highway town with gas stations and fast food outlets, like so many other towns along highway 101.  We did find a path to a scenic lookout at Chetco Point, where we could see the rugged nature of this coast; quite spectacular.

Can you tell which way the wind blows here?

Oh Oh, looks like a fog bank out there!

This morning, we had planned to get up early and go on to Crescent City in California (only about 25 miles away), but the fog had rolled in over night and we decided we were not in that much of a hurry after all.  So, once again, we wait for a weather window.

After the first, very hot, day here in Brookings, the weather has turned quite cool.  No doubt that is why the fog has settled in, but the weatherman has promised some much nicer days ahead, most likely starting early next week.

A couple of other boats have come in in the last 24 hours.  One of them is a boat we have shared space with in both Neah Bay and Newport; they seem to be keeping to about the same schedule as us.  The other one was on their way to Hawaii, about 800 miles out, when they experienced mechanical problems (transmission no longer connected to their prop), ran out of propane (they only had a single 10 lb tank), a serious leak from their stern gland, and very heavy weather.  They turned back for the closest port on the Oregon coast (they say California is too expensive), which landed them here in Brookings.  They intend on hauling the boat out to get repairs, then leaving the boat here until next spring when they will try again.

So once again, we feel we have very little to complain about.  The boat has been behaving itself very well and we are in a nice, safe spot to wait for our next passage opportunity.  Life is still good.

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