As the Sea Lion Turns

So Scott and I decided to take a much needed break from the boat and get away to Palm Springs for the weekend. Unfortunately the sea lions did not know it was a weekend off and decided to play a dirty little trick on us. We weren't gone 4 hours when we got the call that a lovely little critter had taken up residency on OUR BOAT!!! Insert all the curse words you want here! For the most part we thought the epic of the sea lions was over and hadn't really been bothered by them for almost a week. They seemed to have been migrating to other areas of the bay. Well, not so.... our saint of a neighbor who called shooed them off only for them to return when he went to the back of our boat. That's when he called us. We don't have any netting for him to throw over the boat and the boat was locked up tight, except for one locker in the cockpit. We told him to use whatever he could and rig up anything to prevent their return. At this point the discussion of scraping our plans and returning to Newport was seriously on the table. Another drink later and we called him back to find out that the little critters had moved on and he'd keep an eye on our boat and call us if need. Weekend saved! It was then on to wine and the rest of our time with friends!