Since leaving Anacortes, where we stayed another night after the brothers left, Denise, Cisco and I enjoyed a great evening with Dean and Rose, an older couple that were in the next slip by us. Since then we stayed at Blakely Island, Brown Island, Friday Harbor and we are now on our second night at Roche Harbor.  A big thanks to our friends Patrick and Alyssa on Blakely Island, and John and Patti Wilson on Brown Island for their great hospitality.
On our first evening at Roche, while walking the dog, Cisco accidently got a foxtail burr in his right ear.  At exactly the same moment, my front tooth cap fell off.  All of this required us to go via Taxi to Friday Harbor the next day for a vet trip for Cisco and a dentist trip for me.

Spring Break in Zion 2012

We have been in Utah since Saturday March 30th. We flew in early, rented a Corolla in SaltLake and drove to Tooele to see Lyle's sister Raegan and family....saw Rick and all of the family except Dallin (sorry we missed you Dallin). The day we flew in the temps. Got to 78 degrees..I shopped in Raegan's cute store and picked up some cute New to Me clothes...On Sunday it snowed and rained all day. No matter, we had great family fun time...Sheridan, Tom, Brigham, Stephanie, Laura, Len and Laura..with beautiful kids and grand kids to enjoy. We were pampered by Raegan....even left with a goody bag for Zion.

Left Monday...dropped off Tom and Sheridan to the airport and then journeyed on...5 hours to Zion. Stopped in Beaver at the Sippin Store Shoppe owned by Patty, a good friend of Raegan's and enjoyed a delicious lunch....then in Toquerville, Utah to visit Lyle's Aunt Helen who is 84 and sharp as a tack. She still 4 wheels for fun.

We arrived at our hotel at 4. We got the lay of the land and went to the best eatery in Springdale called Oscar's. We retired early and got up the next day and decided to do one of the roughest hikes in the park to Observation Point, east rim trail. (8 miles and very strenuous hiking)! We enjoyed our comfort of our room, ate a great meal at a quaint grill, and hit the sack early.

Summer days in the San Juan's 2012

Tuesday the 10th Lyle took off on the Nesika with his brothers Norwin and Arlin heading to Anacortes for maintenance at Marine Service Center. The main priority was to get the bottom repainted, wax and oil change. They arrived Thursday, and after many fun hours working and playing together, it was time to get the boat back in the water. I drove up to Anacortes and the brothers drove the Jeep back to Port Orchard. We stayed our first night in Anacortes and witnessed an incredible thunder and lightning show....which Cisco was not very happy about. We met a wonderful couple in the Chriscraft moored beside us....Dean and Rosie. Very inspirational people. At around 11am we headed to Blakely Island...one of our favorite stops. The weather got up to the low 70's, the sun came out and we enjoyed the peacefulness of the pristine surroundings of this private island. We love the marina grounds. We were visited in the middle of the night by a raccoon who walked right over the hatch located in the v berth where we sleep twice!