The Rainiest is Yet to Be!

Yes, we had a week of sunshine on this trip.  Yes, it got grey.  Yes, it got cool, but not really cold.  Yes, the sky “color chip” was named “Gun Metal Grey”....but we had not a clue about the actual water to fall out of that sky, until...Thursday afternoon in Garrison Bay.

Take me ashore please, says the dog.

Still smiling Capt. Steve obliges.

Well, we both do....

Although we have lived here more than 35 years, anchoring out in this Bay is a first for us.  It’s the “When it’s in your own backyard” story, perhaps?  

Not so much fun for dog walks, but great for reading...in a pilot house boat!

Friday we motor all of a mile over to Roche Harbor and tie up with the other Fisher boats meet g up for the get together.  We have a total of 8 boats, ranging in size from 25 ft. To 37 ft., each one by the same manufacturer in England, each one over 35 years old and each one different from the other and crewed by friends old and new.  We helps start this group almost 20 years ago!

Here’s Molly Bloom Fisher 37 of Friday Harbor.

Sea Cat Fisher catamaran 


Honu, Fisher 25 

Kingfisher, Fisher 30

Adventurous, Fisher 34

Scuttlebutt, Fisher 31

Kipper, Fisher 30

Oh the memories of ideas we once had!

Burgees, caps, pillows, t-shirts.....oh, and then there’s that ukulele song notebook stashed on the table!

Sunday brought a little relief from constant rain...to rain now and then.  The leaves at this end of the island have turned and we turn our bow toward Friday Harbor.  

After all, it’s time to get home and pack for....ukulele camp on the Oregon Coast.  We are watching the weather...and, yes, packing our rain pants.