Photos of Camille, Daniel (and family and friends)

We took a wee trip to the Methow over the kids mid-winter break.  We stayed at the River Run Inn (the only place with an indoor pool) and ate one night at Tappi in Twisp – highly recommended!

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We stopped in Wenatchee for a lunch stop on the way to Winthrop for a cross country ski vacation.

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We woke this morning to relatively clear skies. The clouds have sunk to the valley.

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I had a seminar at Sun Mountain Lodge in the Methow Valley this weekend. Molly and the kids tagged along. Despite 50 degree air temperatures, the kids enjoy the outdoor pool.
There were a series of fronts passing through. It poured at several points. For me, it was no big deal as I was [...]

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Here is the last of the vacation photos. For the last three nights we stayed at Spencer Spit, Port Townsend, and Port Ludlow. At Spencer Spit, Molly and Camille walked (again) to Horse Drawn Farm to get some more veggies and meat. All essentially organic and free range, of course.
At Port Townsend, [...]

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After leaving Fisherman Bay, we headed NW toward Stuart Island to get to Daniel’s second requested destination – “Banana Island” (really called Gossip Island and located at the mouth of Reid Harbor on Stuart Island).  But first, a video about a kelp horn.

and another video about pretending to be pirates rescued from “Banana Island”.

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We stopped here to fill the water and fuel tanks and reprovision a bit. Poof – $150 was gone in a blink without buying prepared food. My shower, at $2.50 was the least expensive item.
It’s an opulent place with lots of very fancy boats and places to buy expensive gifts and food.

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For our second and third nights, we made it to Port Townsend and Fisherman Bay on Lopez Island.
Recently, we bought half and pig and half a lamb from Horse Drawn Farm on Lopez.  We wanted to see the farm, so we walked there.

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We didn’t make it far on our first vacation day – just to Edmonds.  That was, in large measure, because Mike Straub of Freestyle Canvas said he’d meet us there to finally install our dodger.  I was quite worried that he wouldn’t follow through, but I didn’t want to let my wife get cold.  Did [...]

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It was a strange start to our vacation. We had asked a fellow to redo our dodger, sail cover, and wheel cover before our vacation started. He bid a very competitive price and was the manufacturer of our existing dodger which was in good shape except that the Lexan panels were yellowed and brittle. We [...]

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