Jul 13 2010
Leaving Lake Union
Lake Union has been fun, but it’s time to leave. We had our last sail this evening, Monday. Last night was the last good night to go out on the town, because we’re underway early tomorrow morning, around 6:am. Last night I walked up into the neighborhood where Kathleen used to live, under the shadow of the ZinoGen building, which we call the Zombi factory. I found a great little bar called the Mars Bar, conjoined with the Venus Cafe. The place wasn’t crowded, in fact there were only 3 customers when I walked in. Soon the Kareoke started and we took turns singing songs to each other, bartender included. After a while a few more people came in and it was clearly a local crowd, but they all went out of their way to make me feel welcome, including dedicating a group of nautical themed songs to me. A fun last night.
Tomorrow we transit. We must get out past the Fremont and Ballard bridges before 7:am because they won’t open during morning rush hour. Once we get past the bridges, we go through the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and under the BNRR bridge to rejoin the Puget Sound. We plan to go north up the inside of Whidby island and through Deception Pass. The Pass should have slack water at 6:pm so that is our target time of passage. From there we’ll pick a nice anchorage for the night. The next day, Wednesday, we’ll finish the transit to Blaine, arriving in the afternoon sometime. It should be a lovely ride.