Labor Day Weekend Camping - Nat; Nathan and Elise

Elise ready for the two campers

Serge helping load up the boat for the camping trip

 Relaxing driving from Berkeley to China Camp

The grill was a major actor in the weekend

Nathan is checking the charts for depth and a good anchorage. We picked China Camp, a State Park.

Calm waters, and apart from a boat with loud bass and a whaler full of kids driving up an down, it was a perfect camping spot. Nice and warm.

Nat fiddling with the anchor

The anchor bag went overboard in a heavy ebb current, so Nat had to quickly undress and jump in the water in her underwear to go and get the bag...It was easier than picking up the anchor, hoisting the main again and sail to the bag.

Fortunately the water was pretty warm (21 degrees Celsius). In some places, it was 73 degrees Fareinheit (23 degrees Celsius) compared to about 55 degrees Fareinheit at the gate (13 degrees Celsius)Nathan also joined in and used his teeny towel to dry off...

There was a strong ebb current so we threw a couple of lines behind the boat and we had a natural hydromassage session.

Nat had a bigger towel...and we hooked up the anchor bag so it could dry

A little appetizer 

Putting the wine into the natural fridge.

Starting the grill

Beautiful salad. Nathan picked the food really well

Getting the wine ready

The chef is waiting for the fish to cook

Delicious!!! Wild salmon

We spent the rest of the evening reading. It was soooo relaxing.

Early morning swim. The water was still warm and this time it was slack so Nat could easily swim around the boat

It wasn't just the humans who had to dry

Sailing back to the Club. We saw a seal that had just caught a massive big fish...surrounded by seagulls waiting for the crumbs

Still relaxing...

After lifting the anchor full of mud, Nat is also enjoying a relaxing driving time.

That is until we got past Raccoon Straits. Then, full on fog, probably 25 knots of wind and Nat got a wet butt...