Wednesday, June 15, 2005
San Juans May 2005
Finishing our volunteer portion of the week (diligently chaperoning marine science students from Garfield High School while sea kayaking just outside of Deception Pass, swimming in Bowman Bay and checking out tidepools), we walked on the ferry at Anacortes to meet my parents on their boat in Deer Harbor.
It didn't take long to figure out what sort of boating this crew was up to. Five minutes after getting to Dennis & Sally's boat for dinner, I felt like I was three hours late to the party. Dennis & Tom had their "3 amigos" shirts unbuttoned most of the way and were bumping butts on the dance floor almost as much as they were dropping the lid of the BBQ. Impressive performance all the way around.
Knowing we needed to prepare for retirement, Em and I quickly melted into the scene. Wake up whenever, drink some coffee, walk the dock, spit shine Rondo's watermarks off the hull, crack a beer, do some reading, poor a cocktail, eat great food, repeat. 
Missing my younger days of bombing around in a smaller boat, I was stoked when Dennis took us for a ride and then let us "kids" take the boat out ourselves. Muchos gracias senior amigo.After a couple hot days in Deer Harbor, we motored to Fisherman's Bay on Lopez for Sunday night.
More R&R topped off with the breakfast finale...ranging from fruit to scrambles to berry pie complimented with your choice of bloody mary or coffee & brandy. Yes, this required a nap before we hitched a ride to the ferry. That boating thing is hard work we look forward to doing again soon.
