I can’t keep anonymous anymore about our Vaughn Bay grounding mishap especially with that great picture in the last newsletter and so many wonderful people that need to be acknowledged for helping us out. I had really intended to write something up and submit it but the last newsletter prompted me to take action.

Thank you to everyone who tried to get us out of our predicament. I can’t remember everyone’s names, but I know Terry, Jim, John, and others were doing their best to get us off the ground. This was especially challenging since we ran aground at high tide.

I was grateful to everyone at the potluck for making us feel so welcome. I must say I felt rather foolish since I was at the helm but everyone at the potluck made us feel a lot better when they shared their own stories with us.

A big thank you to Margaret and Jim for their warm hospitality. We took them up on their offer of having us sleep on their boat, Columbia Transit. It became especially clear as the evening went on that sleeping on our boat was not an option. What a beautiful boat! The breakfast the next morning was delicious.

Also, thank you to Lisa and John for hanging out with us along with Margaret and Jim for the rest of the day until Boat US came late Sunday afternoon.

The weather was spectacular and we ended up have such a nice weekend despite what happened. We had no damage to our boat thank goodness.

Laura Condit, no Name yet