It's a good thing we hauled out this morning; all three blades of the propeller were bent, the zinc was missing, and the nut was broken. If we'd tried to wait until we got to Richmond to haul out, we'd have had major problems. We were also lucky that a guy came by who just happened to have the right-sized nut. I'd already checked every marine-supply store in town without finding it and was thinking I'd have to rent a car and drive into Seattle to get one. So Roy was able to replace the prop and the zinc and the nut, and we were back in the water in two hours. And they only charged $127 for the haulout.
Our timing was perfect, too. We went over early in the morning when it was calm and got back just as the wind was starting to pick up. By evening, it was really blowing, and these docks were jumping all over the place, but we had plenty of lines and fenders out.
In the afternoon, we took another free bus ride about 20 miles to Lyre River Park. We thought it would be a State or County park, but it turned out to be a private RV park and campground. We strolled around for a couple of hours anyway.
When we were in Victoria, someone told us the people in Port Angeles aren't friendly to boaters. Ha! Everyone we've met so far has been as friendly and nice as can be, even the bus drivers. They couldn't be any nicer.
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