Summer 2008 - Day Two 7/2 - The Crossing (Ang)
Day 2 (WED 7/2): The Crossing (Ang)
O.K. So the crossing of Juan de Fuca channel has always been one of those things with me. The first time on the Pondo May, I spent the whole ride over the side. It was horrible. Since then most of our crossings haven’t been all that bad, but this time it was. We woke up to fog and decided Curtis and Cynthia would take the lead. It was pretty flat and calm as we left.
Pretty soon the tide rips picked up and it started getting crazy. All of us were on deck, including the kids and I finally had to tell them to go below. The seas were so confused and the waves so high, I didn’t feel it was safe for them. I went down below with them, because they were scared. I was worried about Scott up on deck by himself, so I kept getting up and checking on him. Of course, that didn’t make me feel so hot, so I’m not going to go into to detail , but all three of us (the kids and myself) ended up getting sea sick. Kind of a bummer. Things started smoothing out and the fog started clearing right about the same time San Juan Island came into sight. We went through Mosquito Pass to Roche Harbor and planned on staying for a couple days. We were all happy about that.
