3 months, 3 states, over 1500 nautical miles, 7 overnight passages, more whale sightings than we could count, and less showers than we'd like to admit.  Some days I wore a down jacket, hat, and gloves, and other days just a swimsuit. Its been quite the journey.

Highlights:

• all the friends and family we have spent time with
• sunsets at sea
• almost seeing the solar eclipse off the coast of Newport, OR (it was cloudy)
• biking around the town of Santa Cruz
• rowing into Painted Cave on Santa Cruz Island
• having Santa Rosa Island all to ourselves
• bioluminescence trailing schools of fish at night (in case you don't know, this is an iridescent algae)
• unexpected left point break on Santa Cruz Island
• being followed by a pod of Fin Whales near Point Reyes

Low points:

• confused seas off the coast of Oregon
• the 1 day of seasickness I had :(
• trying to add Mexico to our boat insurance policy (do this well in advance so its not the reason you are staying in the US)
• the San Diego Police dock experience
• black flies (hundreds of them) at anchor near Point Reyes

Favorite stops:

• Pillar Point (Half Moon Bay)
• Morro Bay
• The Channel Islands (it's all good, even when the anchorage are rolling)
• Little Harbor, Catalina

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