Hope Island to Skyline Marina, Anacortes 3 hours 9 miles

We rocked and rolled pretty good last night, and the mooring buoy kept banging on the hull, so that was interesting while trying to sleep. That and the sounds of jets kept going until pretty late. We left Hope Island this morning to head back to Anacortes. We had to leave around 9am or so, due to the tides, to get back out through Deception Pass and under the bridge. That got us to Anacortes too early to enter the marina, because the tide was too low. So we anchored out and just read for a couple of hours. Once we could get into the marina, we did, then got our stuff together to head into town. This weekend is an errand weekend for us, so we can get out of town on Sunday. We had to hit up a few boat stores, the grocery store, Radio Shack, Bunnies by the Bay (suggested to Heather by someone who used to buy their stuff for a large retailer), pet hospital (to get Merlin’s nails cut), etc. After unloading stuff on the boat, we headed back into town to have dinner at Rockfish Grill. We wandered the street a little after dinner checking out the old murals on the building walls in town. We also checked out this ship being built in their boat yard. It has a heliport on top… interesting. Then we just headed back to the boat so Heather could pack. So bags are packed, snacks are made for the 3 hours shuttle bus then 2 hour plane ride tomorrow. We will miss Heather a lot.