Another Semi Self-Inflected Busy Weekend

It was another semi self-inflected busy weekend. I taught a CPR and First-Aid Class in Port Orford, which is only about an hour away from Coos Bay. Then rushed home were Drew had the boat all ready to go camping. Sadly, it wasn’t looking like Coaly's life jacket was going to make it in time, but just as we were getting ready to leave the mail came with her life jacket.



We thought that it would be fun to explore a different part of the lake, which means taking a sailboat through the canal and under a bridge…. Good thing the boat can quickly be converted from sailboat to jousting boat!



Once we made it safely under the bridge and through the narrow canal we put up the sails made it around the corner where we quickly realized that we were about to hit a power line. (Stopping a sail boat on a windy day is loads of fun.) After "jousting" under the power lines, which we obviously would have taken out, we put up our sails one more time. Poor Drew had a lot of work to do. We were having the perfect run (in Drews eyes) heeling over to nearly 35 degrees or more. Which if I wasn’t soo pregnant it would be fine, but I was convinced he was trying to send me in to early labor. Nothing like the feeling that your boat is going to tip over!
We decided it was time to find a camp spot, which was extremely difficult, because it seems like someone lives on every inch of that lake.



The next day we had to get up early and take the puppies home so we could come back to make it to our first meeting at the Coos Bay Yacht Club. It would more acutely be named the Coos Bay Sailing Club considering our boat is about the biggest at only 24 feet. Most people have Gary 18s, which look like a lot of fun because they have a trapeze that allows you to hang off the side of the boat.



After the pot-luck lunch, Drew went out in the safety boat with our host, while I took photos from the finish line. While waiting at the dock for Drew to come back with the truck and trailer. I fed the ducks and took pictures with my zoom lens, it was time well spent.