Photos of Camille, Daniel (and family and friends)

Camille brought her sewing supplies along.  She sewed a stuffed animal she called Munchkin.  She told a story about how Munchkin lost his magical iPhone and would be stealing one.  She made a special sleeveless jacket for Munchkin with an iPhone pouch. Munchkin, after successfully stealing Molly’s iPhone, branched out into other criminal enterprises, stealing [...]

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Having negotiated the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a less foggy day, we approached the San Juan Islands via Cattle Pass which separates Lopez and San Juan Islands. We stopped for a while at American Camp on the south end of San Juan Island, and then went to Fisherman Bay.  We knew Lila and [...]

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Our annual vacation to the San Juan Islands started on 11 Aug 11.  We motored (mostly) to Port Townsend.  We  were beaten back by fog the following day when we tried to cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  We ended up spending an extra night in PT at Point Hudson.  We were a bit [...]

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We did an overnight sail to Cuttyhunk Island.

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We went for a day sail to Blakely Harbor for Father’s Day.  Dad enjoyed receiving presents under way.

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In sailing, to get the best performance, you need to have laminar flow across the sails (similar to airplane wings).  Sailors use a simple, but highly effective system to determine maximum efficiency.  We use yarn or lightweight ribbons to stream along the sails.  Here, I am applying another set of “telltales” in the lower part [...]

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For the Memorial Day weekend, We all took off the Friday before and made it a four day weekend. On Friday, we sailed to Blake Island and asked to raft up. We stayed put for three nights (very unusual for us). The kids loved playing ashore at will.

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Our friends won a free trip to Mexico by submitting a photo for use in a boating calendar.  Molly wants to see if we can win a trip, too.  Here are some possible candidates.

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I was asked how I wanted to celebrate my birthday.  I wanted a sailing weekend.  We had a short trip to Blakely Harbor on Bainbridge Island.  It was warm on our way there and we tried out our new sailing dinghy.  Camille had used up the battery on the camera, so we only took a [...]

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Roche Harbor is a mix of many things.  The extremely wealthy boaters are always here, their multimillion dollar yachts parked on the dock, drinks in hand, hair coiffed just so, and dressed to the nines.  The more average Joe (ourselves very much included) is also here taking their first shower in many days, buying groceries, [...]

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