Today marks the first full day of the annual Morgan Boat Trip. We actually got started last night. Some friends of ours, The Campbell's, joined us on the push North starting around 6pm last night. I drove home from work with Bobbi and Bruce and Bob got the boats fueled up and ready to go. Rhett and Bob were working from home yesterday so they were just waiting on me to wrap up at work. It was a really nice night, if a bit chilly, and we had a pleasant trip. Originally we'd planned to stop at Port Ludlow for the evening, but given the nice weather we decided to push on to Port Townsend. We anchored for the night, rowed the pups to shore around 1am and were back and at it around 5:40am this morning.
Today is also Bob's 35th birthday! :-) I cooked him a breakfast burrito this morning and decided to stick a candle in it. Probably the first and last Birthday breakfast burrito Bob will ever enjoy :-)
Right now it is 8:30am. Rhett scarfed down breakfast and then decided he was headed back to bed where he remains. Bob is on deck with his remote control autopilot seeming happy with life.
We are headed to Henry Island outstation tonight and will probably dinghy over to Roche Harbor this evening to wander around.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Opening Day 2008
Opening Day 2008 has come and gone. I (Bob) brought the boat in Portage Bay on the last Sunday of April. The wind was calm, but very cloudy. Not much fun. No real drama.
Gone With The Wind was stern tied at the end of the Seattle Yacht Club's temporary Opening Day dock, name Dock 0 (yes it is just South of Dock 1). This was Helly's first Opening Day, and she was quite a hit. She spent much of Friday under the dodger watching the world go bye. I expect she will be a lot of fun on the big cruise this summer.
To everyone who was on Dock 0, thank you for a great year. We had a great time catching up with our friends from other clubs, and cannot wait to see everyone out and about on Puget Sound this summer.
Gone With The Wind was stern tied at the end of the Seattle Yacht Club's temporary Opening Day dock, name Dock 0 (yes it is just South of Dock 1). This was Helly's first Opening Day, and she was quite a hit. She spent much of Friday under the dodger watching the world go bye. I expect she will be a lot of fun on the big cruise this summer.
To everyone who was on Dock 0, thank you for a great year. We had a great time catching up with our friends from other clubs, and cannot wait to see everyone out and about on Puget Sound this summer.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Bainbridge Island - First boat trip of 2008
Well, this weekend kicked off 2008 Boating for the Morgans. We stayed on the boat on Thursday night and I (Cae) got up on Friday and walked the 4 miles into the city to go to work. Meanwhile Bob, who was working from home, headed over to Bainbridge Island at about 6:30am with the pups.
Along with a new house, we have a new family member, Helly. She is a Min Pin like Coop and is just about 7 months old now. She seems to really like the boat so far, thank goodness! Her only bad habit is that she can't seem to figure out it isn't cool to hop onto the dining table and from there to the kitchen cabinets. I guess that is what Lysol was made for. Anyway, she's adjusted well to the boat and we think she'll be pretty easy to deal with.
So, after work I walked down to the ferry dock and caught the 4:40 over to meet Bob and the pups. The weather was great! We bought some groceries for dinner and grilled out on the boat. Saturday morning we awoke to glorious sunshine! Finally! It was about 75 degrees and absolutely beautiful. We decided to walk into town after having lunch at the Public House restaurant and wandered into an Art Gallery. The artist came by and we found out his name was Yuri something and it was his first trip to the United States. Every time he visits a new city, he buys a map and attaches it to a canvas. He then paints his impressions of the city over it. Bob and I really loved this painting, but unfortunately it was $4,800. Not in the budget these days. Anyway, it was really cool. We also met a director, whose name I promptly forgot, who apparently was a fairly big wig guy in Hollywood. Pretty cool. We wandered back to the boat and spent the afternoon reading.
Sunday morning, we awoke to 40 something degrees and drizzle. Weird. Yesterday, 75, today 45. Oh well. We lazed around during the morning and made it home around 4:00pm. Overall, it was a nice weekend and a great kick off to the boating season.
Along with a new house, we have a new family member, Helly. She is a Min Pin like Coop and is just about 7 months old now. She seems to really like the boat so far, thank goodness! Her only bad habit is that she can't seem to figure out it isn't cool to hop onto the dining table and from there to the kitchen cabinets. I guess that is what Lysol was made for. Anyway, she's adjusted well to the boat and we think she'll be pretty easy to deal with.
So, after work I walked down to the ferry dock and caught the 4:40 over to meet Bob and the pups. The weather was great! We bought some groceries for dinner and grilled out on the boat. Saturday morning we awoke to glorious sunshine! Finally! It was about 75 degrees and absolutely beautiful. We decided to walk into town after having lunch at the Public House restaurant and wandered into an Art Gallery. The artist came by and we found out his name was Yuri something and it was his first trip to the United States. Every time he visits a new city, he buys a map and attaches it to a canvas. He then paints his impressions of the city over it. Bob and I really loved this painting, but unfortunately it was $4,800. Not in the budget these days. Anyway, it was really cool. We also met a director, whose name I promptly forgot, who apparently was a fairly big wig guy in Hollywood. Pretty cool. We wandered back to the boat and spent the afternoon reading.
Sunday morning, we awoke to 40 something degrees and drizzle. Weird. Yesterday, 75, today 45. Oh well. We lazed around during the morning and made it home around 4:00pm. Overall, it was a nice weekend and a great kick off to the boating season.
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