Day 1 - Montegue Harbor

All in all, a great start to the trip.  We arose just in time to cast off at 5:05 am from our dock in Lagoon Point.  The moon was full and the waters wonderfully calm.  With a high tide of 8.1 feet, we had plenty of water to easily glide out the restricted entrance.  Admiralty Inlet welcomed us with just a few ripples and we were soon headed north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca where things got more interesting.  Strong west winds blew all night and built up a significant swell that was being met with the ebb current.  A confused sea resulted in some significant ups and downs!  Not the best of plans, party on the dock, late to bed, things not carefully stowed and rocking and rolling.  Luckily we were able to batten everything down quickly and ride it out.  Lopez Pass was our path out of the chaos and into the calm and sunshine. Just before crossing the border, a US Coast Guard helicopter did a double fly-over of our boat.  They even swooped low to read the name on the stern.  Eventually, they moved on and we made our way north to Bedwell Harbor to clear Canadian Customs.  We've heard all the advice - go early or late and just phone in - but here is was 2:00 and we thought why not go now.  Larry told us that in 30 years he had never had his boat boarded by Customs.  Well, there has to be a first time and this was it!  We spent a leisurely 1/2 hour on the dock while they worked their way through the boat and we passed with flying colors.  The Customs Agents said they say Duffy's paw come out from under the covers but never saw the cat.  From Bedwell, it was a leisurely jaunt to Montegue Harbor on Galiano Island.  The anchor is down and the sun is just starting to drop in the sky.  We covered 63 nm in about 10 hours -- slow and steady.