7/13-7/26 WOW! Two weeks in Oak Harbor have gone by so fast! We’ve been exploring and visiting with Nikki, Renee’s daughter. Puget Sound is beautiful, and just as I remember, very BIG. We’ve paddled the sound in the gentle areas of Penn Cove (famous for it’s mussel farms) and an overnight that involved capturing Burrows and Allen Islands, and the east shore of Burrows bay. Pete longingly stares at Deception Pass whenever we cross over the bridge, with his goal to be able to paddle it before we are done here in October. Our off the sound time has been spent paddling and rolling the calm warm water of Cranberry Lake, hiking the trails of Ft. Ebey and Ft. Casey, and chasing Nikki, as she participates in the local Ragnar relay race from Blaine, WA to Oak Harbor We’ve been really busy, but we’re loving it! We are cramming as much in as possible before we turn east again for Training camp and Akeley…. Happy trails to all. Renee