Checking In

For the past week and a half Don Quixote has been stuck in a marina in Emeryville, California. Not that I am complaining it has been really fun. We have been with friends that we hadn't met till the bonfire the first day back from Sacramento. The days have been really simple. We wake up, eat breakfast, do some schoolwork, and play with our friends. we are having so much fun. Every dinner that we have had has been with friends. Te first dinner we've had alone was last night. Dad says this is what it is going to be like on the Baha Haha. If it is then I am so excited to get there its only one month away! We are leaving San Francisco on wednesday to head down the coast. Mom says we are going to stop in Disneyland on the way down for a day. That is gong to be fun. We are going to leave early in the morning and take a bus an not leave untill the park closes. I am so lucky :)

Emeryville

My family is staying in Emeryville in San Francisco while we wait for my dad to get back from Seattle. I am not complaining. Emeryville as been great. I've met a lot of boating families and Mera Aeron and I play with the kids living in the marina all day long. We have gone to potlucks,  bonfires, and parties. Not to mention all the dinners we have had over at Excellent Adventure, a fellow boat. I am having so much fun!! I m going to be sad when we her to leave. 

Today is Aeron's birthday and birthday party so wish her a Happy Birthday!!

Over and Out!

Life is good

I'm chilling with Grandma in La Conner while mom and dad take the boat to San Francisco. I'm being fed pancakes, bacon, and steak.
Life is good.

The Biggest Burger in the world!

The Biggest Burger in the world!
Originally uploaded by toastfloats

While hanging out with friends in Seattle we stopped at a burger joint for lunch. The burger Aeron ordered was 3 inches thick I kid you not. Not to mention Mera and I had to help her to finish it.

Dulcinea a boat cat

Dulcinea a boat cat
Originally uploaded by toastfloats

Heres our kitty:) She has quite a life ahead of her. She will be traveling the seven seas with Don Quixote and crew. She is 10 weeks and weighs less than a pound. She is an etremeley adventures tabby who has already found the food store and the treat store on the boat.

Weeks in Seattle

We have been in a slip at Elliot Bay Marina. It feels kind of weird to be back in Seattle again. It doesn't feel quite like our old life here. It's far too busy to be like our old life. Mera, Aeron and I have been spending a lot of time with our old Seattle friends. We have also been working on training our new kitten Dulcinea. I'll post a few pictures of her for you to see. Between the two I've really been busy. I think the only dinner my family has had together and without guests was the first night we were here. Other than that it has been with friends. Most of the time my sisters and I are at at friends' houses for dinner or our whole family will be at a friend's house. It's been crazy. 

The day after tomorrow, my sisters and I are leaving to go on a trip to visit all our grandparents. We will meet up with Mom and Dad in San Francisco. They're going to take the boat down the Washington, Oregon and California coastline to San Francisco. Then we will all spend a few weeks there and leave for San Diego and the Baja HaHa. YAY!!

Hola!

We are just crossing the border back to America. We heard stories about people crossing the border and being attacked by the Coast Guard. Dad says they want to scare all the bad guys from entering the states so to do this, they scare everyone else. Apparently we are true Americans because we haven't been attacked. We are entering the states from Victoria and we plan to move in to Roche harbor for the night then over to Friday Harbor. We should be arriving in Seattle by 8/26. And we will be there for ten days. I am so excited to go back to Seattle. We'll be staying in Elliot Bay Marina which means showers every morning. 

We arrived in Victoria yesterday at about 10:00am and spent the day as tourist exploring everything. We went to a little building and took a tour of a Miniature World. When you first enter the building it is a little disorienting. They built it so the ceiling would be really low. The gate to enter was short too. You walk through the gate down the hall and enter Miniature space. All the planets are as big as my head. There are little space ships and tiny little people all over the place. I almost ran into one. After the space room/exhibit, there was a civil war exhibit showing scenes from the civil war, World War l, World War ll, and the Boston Tea party. All the exhibits were really detailed, and one man built the worlds smallest functional saw mill. After all that they had fantasy exhibits and extremely detailed dollhouses. All the dollhouses had actual china and real wooden chests. Beds had real bedcovers on them and the chairs and sofas were custom made, just tiny.

We walked over to the mall after that and had a true Canadian lunch. A&W. :) We spent the rest of the day just wandering shops and a grocery store. A fun day in Victoria.

Jaime 

Roche Harbor, Washington

August 20, 2008