May 28, 2014
Still Oak Harbor
After a romantic anniversary dance
in our salon, we headed for bed. I woke
up in the middle of the night with a raging headache (must have had a wee bit
too much to drink) and when I was reaching for the Advil, I thought of our son
who is turning 34 very soon. Then it dawned on me, if Bryan is turning 34 then we have been married longer than
35 years!
When I got back into bed I
said to David, “Honey, I think we have been married 36 years. If you do the
math…subtract 1978 from 2014…you get 36.”
David sleepily responded, “Do you even count that first year?” Geez…
When we were waiting for the
taxi last night, David could see our boat and he noticed that I had left all
the fenders down on the port side. I had put them down when we docked to get
fuel and forgot about them. I was concentrating on preparing the starboard for
docking at our moorage space. He chastised me, and we laughed about how shabby
it made the Belle look not to mention the tackiness of it all having the
unsightly fenders dangling over the side…never claimed to have any class.
Took advantage of the free
Island Transit and took a ride to Coupeville which is a sweet coastal town with
a small historic section. We stopped in
for ice cream which was my plan all along.
We stood and watched seagulls
on the shell encrusted beach pecking at the
mussels. They would pick a shell up in their beaks, fly into the air and
drop it to break it open. Pretty good for a bird brain. This area is known for
their Penn Cove mussels.
Later that day we walked over
to the Oak Harbor Yacht Club. When I called to make a reservation for dinner, I
was asked what yacht club we were members of…I quickly said, “We met JJ last
night and he invited us.” That’s all it
took. We saw JJ this evening and he
introduced us to a great group of people with whom we shared a table. JJ is the
Vice Commodore and you could tell he was a well respected gentleman.
Ordering a cocktail at the Oak Harbor Yacht Club
One of our table mates was
trying to convince us to buy a house near him in Mariner’s Cove which has a 60
ft dock…a mere $575,000. We were also
told that there was space available here at Oak Harbor Marina, and if we moored
here we could then become Yacht Club members. We have only encountered the
nicest people here.
The rain that was expected
rolled in around midnight last night
and today was dry. It is now quite windy
and cold. We will decide tomorrow morning whether we stay or set off for either
Friday Harbor or Blind Bay as a half-way point back to Canada.
Crane on the dock!
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