Making our way up the coast

Sipanska Luka

 Croatia is beautiful!  Mountains, lush green landscape, islands galore and deep blue water.  There are lots and lots of boats all around but our first anchorage on the lovely island of Sipan was nice and not too crowded.  It was actually all good until a huge motor yacht had to do some fancy maneuvering to get out of the way of the ferry.  He got very, very close to us... a bit nerve wracking!

Sipanska Luka Anchorage

The houses and buildings here are largely limestone with red clay tile roofs.  Against the backdrop of mountains and the lush vegetation the uniformity of the gray and red structures paints a very pretty picture.  It would look abnormal to have different colors of houses.  Similar to all the white and blue structures in Greece - anything else would seem out of place.

Beautiful sunset at our first anchorage

The entire region is known for their lavender but for now the only lavender we are seeing is in the night sky.  Our next stop was on the island of Korcula.  Although we did not visit the town sailing past it looks like a mini Dubrovnik with its city walls.  We only spent one night on the island anchored in a small bay.  Most folks anchor near an old monastery but this bay looked a little more protected.  As it turned out the wind did kick up that night but the anchor held well and we felt very secure in the little bay.  Even if we did feel that our presence was possibly a bit intrusive for the town folks.

Old woman sweeping the sidewalk in Korcula

We are making our way up to Split without lingering too much as we have an appointment with a fellow to see about upgrading our solar.  Our solar panels are ancient by today's standards and they are pretty inexpensive these days.  So we are at least going to investigate our options.

Anchorage on Korcula Island

As we make our way back down the coast we will take the time to visit the places that we just sailed past on the trip up the coast.  Our plan is to be in Croatia at least another month so we will have time to linger. 

Old town of Korcula

 We will see the touristy places but prefer to see the places the cruise ships don't go to!  Hopefully, we will get off the beaten path soon.