We planned a four-day weekend to celebrate our anniversary and headed to Twin Harbors on Santa Catalina Island. It was a great sail over in 12-15 knot winds; pinching the whole way we made it one tack…a pretty nice ride. 
We had just dropped the sails and were motoring towards the harbor when a group of dolphins broke from the pack and came back to play with us. Even though we see this on a pretty regular basis, it's still exciting and amazing to me.
We settled into a mooring in 4th
of July harbor and went ashore for a cocktail – a tradition. It was a bit windy and cool when we returned
to the boat, but we decided to sit in the cockpit and enjoy the night.
I started hearing a lot of life activity in
the water and it took a few minutes for Jason to declare we were surrounded by
flying fish. To verify this, we found
one in the cockpit and one in the dinghy the next morning. We passed, but Maya got her first taste of
fresh fish…she wanted to eat the whole thing but I didn't think that was a good
idea so Jason filleted it for her.Saturday night we were treated to phosphorescent's. Truly magical…our friend Captain Hank in Roatan says if you dive in and look up it’s like seeing the universe all around you. The water was too cold for that, so we just enjoyed the view from above.
Sunday we celebrated our first anniversary. The wind gusted to 25 knots throughout the day, but
when it laid down it was sunny and hot…although not warm enough for me to get
in the water – even with a wet suit.Not much for big meals, we opted for tapas throughout the day – including the wonderful beer battered fish Jason caught. That evening we continued the celebration with a bottle of 2008 Turley Uberoff...yummm!
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. Lillian Dickson
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