Still "Sailing" North

Day 3 of the Fabulous Journey of 2010.  By Deb:
Port Washington was a great, sleepy little town.  The marina is huge and nearly brand new in some areas.  But the town has many closed stores.  We had coffee at "Smith Brothers Coffee House" and asked one of the ladies working there about it.  She said that opening a business in Port Washington is almost like putting a curse on the business!

I LOVED Smith Brothers Coffee, however.  I have been drinking iced coffees during the warmer summer months.  The one I got at Smith Brothers was unlike any coffee I had ever had!  When I inquired about it, they told me that it was a "Toddy's Cold Brew."  They cold brew the coffee for 12 hours, and it creates a coffee that has "off-gased" all the stuff that makes coffee taste bitter when you hot brew it.  Well, I am sold.  I am looking for a Toddy's Cold Brew contraption and will be cold brewing my coffee from now on!

Andy slept in on Saturday morning.  Lots of other boats were leaving at 5 or 6 in the morning, WI time.  I think Free Spirit headed out about 6:30 am.  So I had time to get another Smith Brothers coffee, read the paper, watch the sunrise, look at all the boats leaving the harbor, etc.etc.etc.  I had gotten up at 4:00 AM because the fishing boats were heading out in droves.  They are serious about their fishing over here!  Port Washington has lots of fishing charters, if you ever have the desire to go salmon fishing (or whatever other fish is in season).

When we departed Port Washington, the wind was perfect.  We sailed the entire way north to Sheboygan.  We saw lots of fishing boats around Port Washington, but then saw only one other sailboat, close to Sheboygan.  Winds were about 20 knots and Andy trimmed the sails to make it a comfortable ride.

I finished the book "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."  Wow, I would highly recommend this one!  I am definitely going to read the sequel.  Now I'm reading "South of Broad," which takes place in Charleston, S.C. Another great book!  Couldn't hardly put it down yesterday.

We arrived in Sheboygan at about 3:15.  We docked at the Harbor Center Marina (Skipper Bud's).  What a great marina!  Floating docks, nice swimming pool, great showers, ship's store.  I was really tired from getting up so early, so I "rested my eyes" until about 6:00 pm.  We had steak on the grill.  Andy is the best at cooking steaks; I always manage to make them overdone.

After dinner we got the dinghy motor down and put it on the dinghy.  We went for a ride up the Sheboygan River.  If you ever visit Sheboygan, you  have to check out their waterfront along the river.  It's not as wonderful as San Antonio, by any stretch of the imagination, but it's very quaint, has lots of great restaurants, and it has gotten even better since we were here in 2008.

Last night we watched the movie "The Secrets of Jonathon Sperry."  True story.  What an amazing man.

We got up "early" and left the marina in Sheboygan at 8:30.  There is no wind this morning, so we are motoring north.  We will either stop at Kewaunee or Sturgeon Bay, depending on how we are feeling when we get there....

My stress has been slowly melting away, and I think I can see that in Andy also.  We are both in our element, on the boat, on the water, working hard but hardly working.  Wish you all could be here!