April 15 – 30, 2013
We had a few weeks to spend in the area, but we had a lot we needed to do to prepare ourselves and Legacy for the trip to Fiji, and the time flew by quickly.
We started by waiting out the stormy weather which arrived right after we did. We knew it was coming; it’s why we came into this area a little sooner than originally planned. It was just as well; we had a lot we needed to do in the coming weeks.
Our first order of business was to schedule our haulout (for the first week of May) and start on boat projects. There are more specialty boat stores here than you can imagine, and I think eventually we ended up at all of them. Meanwhile, in between boat projects, we treated ourselves to lunch out every day, saw a few movies, and did some small excursions.
One of the first things we did after the windy, rainy weather passed was climb the Mount. We’d been around the base, but we hadn’t yet been to the top. There are a couple of ways to go: a vigorous climb up the steep slope, or an easier climb spiraling around and up. We chose the easier one and found that “easier” does not actually mean easy. We figured we could get into great shape by doing this several times a week, but like many good intentions, that didn’t pan out and we only climbed to the top one time.
Still, the one climb was memorable. The scenery was beautiful, and the views were fantastic. Below are pictures from that day. (As always click to enlarge and scroll through).–Cyndi
