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Loomba-Loomba is back in the water.  We flew to Phoenix from Seattle on December 31, spent a few days with Drew, and then drove to San Carlos on January 3rd where L-L was in the work yard. We got ready for the mechanic on the 4th, Omar (the mechanic) came on the 5th to bleed the engine and do some other engine related work and when he was done we washed the boat. It rained really hard the morning of the 6th and Jim cleaned the bottom in the afternoon. We splashed at 8am on the 7th.  We are now at the Marina San Carlos dock getting the inside of the boat reorganized, doing some provisioning, getting the van ready to store, installing a new wind instrument at the top of the mast, and waiting for a weather window to cross over to Baja.It was a very busy and fun December in the Pacific Northwest. We left L-L in the storage yard in San Carlos, drove the van to Drew’s house in Phoenix, and flew to Seattle on December 3rd. Most of the time we were at the kids house in Auburn. Christmas with grandchildren is the BEST!
RL, Kelsey, Lily and Simon

We all went to downtown Bellevue and spent the night for Simon's fifth birthday and to see the Snowflake Lane parade. Thanks, Drew! You took most of the pictures, so you aren't in any of them.

 





We also went to clam lights in Renton,

and Fantasy Lights in Spanaway.

 



and we had lots of fun just hanging out with Heyer's:


The new aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo

A fiesta at Kelsey's elementary school

The play area at the local mall with Lily

Christmas morning
And a last drive on the Seattle waterfront viaduct before it gets demolished

We left our place on Bainbridge Island on a beautiful day
Looking west towards the Olympic Mountains from the ferry from Bainbridge Island
to Seattle

Flying out of Seattle was gorgeous. This is a shot of Bainbridge......

...........and Mount Rainier.

Snow on the Superstition Mountains when we arrived in Apache Junction

View of the Superstitions from Drew's house

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