We left Shilshole after dinner last evening, getting away late in hopes the wind would die down. Docked at the Roche Harbor Yacht Club (RHYC) outstation at Kingston after a somewhat lumpy trip over, the weather clear, warm and otherwise beautiful.
Left Kingston this morning, July 10th at 6:00am, heading through Saritoga Passage behind Whidbey Island instead of crossing the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Though the weather is again lovely, six foot wind waves reported in the straits are more than we care to deal with. We decided to continue through the Swinomish Slough to avoid most of Rosario Straits as well because even Saritoga was pretty lumpy. Our destination was Decatur Island for lunch with friends of my brother, Bob. They’re staying in a cabin there for a few days. Dave Hoerlein works for Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Back Door and met with us last week, sharing some ideas about our September European river cruise.
Though it was a hectic few days at work, we feel a bit as if we began our vacation on July 3rd. Karl Wente and his friend, Megan joined us from Livermore, California, and we enjoyed a wonderful holiday weekend with them and the family. On the 3rd of July we rafted in Liberty Bay with other RHYC boats to enjoy the Poulsbo fireworks. Our daughter, Meris, was on the boat with us as well and we later took the dinghy to shore to pick up our grandson, Austin and sister-in-law, Lynn for the show. The next day we headed to Kingston where we were joined by Meris’ friend, Todd, and then all were picked up for a beach party at Bob & Lynn’s Indianola home. It was great fun with massive amounts of fireworks. Both Seattle shows were visible as well as several surrounding us from the Indian reservation. Our nephew, Jon, and his 18 year old friends put on their show of Reservation acquired fireworks. The noise was deafening, the show amazing and the dogs, including Kacey, miserable. Having been cruising in B.C. the last 6 years we were out of touch with how much the shows had grown. Great fun!
The next morning Meris and Todd left for a few days hiking near Mt. Baker. We enjoyed brunch with Lynn & niece, Corinne, at a nearby farmhouse restaurant (followed by a slight problem of running out of gas in Jon’s car) and then headed out to anchor with Karl and Megan in Blakely Harbor, directly across the Sound from downtown Seattle. We beach-combed Blakely Rock at low tide and had a lovely sunny evening, listening to music and enjoying good wine.
Back to today: we anchored in the little bay just behind Decatur
Head and met Dave and his family for a nice lunch and the last lovely bottle of wine left by Karl. It’s a very cute cluster of rustic cabins. We put our crab ring down during lunch, and then took everyone out for the pick-up…two keepers! I’m boiling them now as we head over to Friday Harbor to moor at the Seattle Yacht Club (SYC) outstation for the night and make my first attempt at uploading this Word document into Blogspot.
Once moored at Friday Harbor we enjoyed a dock box party (hors d’oeuvres with other club members on the dock), then back to Reflections for a wonderful dinner on our flybridge of fresh cracked crab and spinach salad with fresh local strawberries. A great start! And I hope to be adding some pictures promised me by e-mail from Karl and Dave.
Left Kingston this morning, July 10th at 6:00am, heading through Saritoga Passage behind Whidbey Island instead of crossing the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Though the weather is again lovely, six foot wind waves reported in the straits are more than we care to deal with. We decided to continue through the Swinomish Slough to avoid most of Rosario Straits as well because even Saritoga was pretty lumpy. Our destination was Decatur Island for lunch with friends of my brother, Bob. They’re staying in a cabin there for a few days. Dave Hoerlein works for Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Back Door and met with us last week, sharing some ideas about our September European river cruise.
Though it was a hectic few days at work, we feel a bit as if we began our vacation on July 3rd. Karl Wente and his friend, Megan joined us from Livermore, California, and we enjoyed a wonderful holiday weekend with them and the family. On the 3rd of July we rafted in Liberty Bay with other RHYC boats to enjoy the Poulsbo fireworks. Our daughter, Meris, was on the boat with us as well and we later took the dinghy to shore to pick up our grandson, Austin and sister-in-law, Lynn for the show. The next day we headed to Kingston where we were joined by Meris’ friend, Todd, and then all were picked up for a beach party at Bob & Lynn’s Indianola home. It was great fun with massive amounts of fireworks. Both Seattle shows were visible as well as several surrounding us from the Indian reservation. Our nephew, Jon, and his 18 year old friends put on their show of Reservation acquired fireworks. The noise was deafening, the show amazing and the dogs, including Kacey, miserable. Having been cruising in B.C. the last 6 years we were out of touch with how much the shows had grown. Great fun!
The next morning Meris and Todd left for a few days hiking near Mt. Baker. We enjoyed brunch with Lynn & niece, Corinne, at a nearby farmhouse restaurant (followed by a slight problem of running out of gas in Jon’s car) and then headed out to anchor with Karl and Megan in Blakely Harbor, directly across the Sound from downtown Seattle. We beach-combed Blakely Rock at low tide and had a lovely sunny evening, listening to music and enjoying good wine.
Back to today: we anchored in the little bay just behind Decatur
Head and met Dave and his family for a nice lunch and the last lovely bottle of wine left by Karl. It’s a very cute cluster of rustic cabins. We put our crab ring down during lunch, and then took everyone out for the pick-up…two keepers! I’m boiling them now as we head over to Friday Harbor to moor at the Seattle Yacht Club (SYC) outstation for the night and make my first attempt at uploading this Word document into Blogspot.Once moored at Friday Harbor we enjoyed a dock box party (hors d’oeuvres with other club members on the dock), then back to Reflections for a wonderful dinner on our flybridge of fresh cracked crab and spinach salad with fresh local strawberries. A great start! And I hope to be adding some pictures promised me by e-mail from Karl and Dave.
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