S/V Loomba-Loomba

Our old friend, Roger, invited us to join him (as crew) on his first leg home from Sitka to Seattle. We did the first leg (and most scenic) from Sitka to Petersburg. He has been heading north on a boat from the Seattle area every summer since he was a little kid so he knows the area well. We flew into Sitka (arriving at 3PM), got a taxi to the harbor, jumped into the skiff, headed out to the boat, and we were on our way to Kalinin Bay on Kruzof Island for the night.  (Jim's hat says "Where's the Fish") The next morning we headed north and into the Pacific along the Khaz Peninsula, inside Klokachef Island, up around Khaz head and then various anchorages around Baranof Island, Admiralty Island and Kupreanof Island. The weather wasn't the greatest, but we did have some sunny days, mostly calm waters, lots of wildlife and good fishing and beautiful scenery:   

Jim’s Oncology/Infusion went well. Kidney function has improved, the AFib episodes have decreased in number and intensity so he MAY not need the heart ablation surgery, and the problems with the stainless kidney stent have decreased considerably so he may not need the kidney stent replaced for several more months. Esham (his oncologist) suspects that these problems stemmed from dealing with Covid. Next appointment/infusion is July 8th. Then August 18th when he will have CT Scans and MRIs along with the infusion. We always look forward to that because every time but one there was improvement! We have been concentrating on house and garden projects and waiting for some nice weather to head out in the van. Last week we finally did more than an overnight.  We spent the first night at our daughter's. The weather was good enough to have dinner outside! It had been a LONG time since we had seen them in person. We spent the night in the van and headed out early to our next stop to visit my...