From Poulsbo we took a quick run over to Bremerton and their spiffy new marina. They really did a great job on that place. It's just beautiful!
I love cruising with sailors. With Pearl Jem along, Nellie is never the last boat in! Hey, hey!! Unfortunately, they went home yesterday, so we're back to being the slowest boat in the fleet. Oh, well, somebody's gotta be last.
We took off from Bremerton about 0745 Saturday morning and headed over to Dockton County Park on Vashon Island. We hadn't realized that Dockton is clearly the redneck yacht club of Puget Sound. Those old Bayliner owners party hard, let me tell you! We went out to catch a 24' Carver that came racing to the dock, only to find that he had no lines, no fenders, pretty much nothing to grab or catch. After crashing into the dock, he took out his two tiny little fenders (about 10" long) and tried to stuff them between the dock and his boat. Then it was, hey, hit the beer!
Here the is the view we got as we left Vashon Island yesterday morning at 0615 (had to catch the 0730 slack at Tacoma Narrows).....
This is when we remember why we left Illinois in 1973.....
Last night we anchored in about 26' right in front of Penrose Point State Park - nobody around except a few boats. What a peaceful, quiet night - welcome after the dock parties at Dockton! This morning we left around 0830 and came down here to Grapeview. On our way down Ken Hulett on Sapphire pointed out this hazard to navigation, commenting that this is the first time he's had to navigate around a house!
And here's a nice shot I got of Sapphire....
...and now, we're all just sitting on our decks, napping in the sun! It's a glorious 70 degree day - perfect boating weather!
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