This weekend we held our annual owners meeting and cruise. The meeting was held at the Bellingham Yacht Club on Thursday afternoon. After a review of last year we introduced our new web based reservation software. This new addition allows guests and owners to have up to date access to availability of all our boats. Following the meeting we all adjourned for dinner at Anthony’s Hearthfire Grill. The private room gave us the opportunity to talk across tables and get caught up with old friends. (As well as enjoy the spectacular sunset and great food!)
Friday morning we were off for Sucia Island. The entire island is part of the Washington State Park system. Back in the sixties, many of the local yacht clubs spearheaded a drive to help raise the money so this Island would be able to be used by boaters. Thousands of boaters have been able to take advantage of this beautiful park over the last forty years. One new feature is a building that has windows on all four sides and contains four large picnic tables. So, if the weather turns bad you have a place to continue the party. We did not have to avail ourselves to the inside; weather was spectacular but it was good to know it was there for backup. We feasted on oysters, chicken and salmon followed by carrot cake and chocolate cheese cake for dessert.
Saturday we cruised over to Fisherman Bay on Lopez Island. The day was spent with typical boating activities; napping, going into the village bakery for the best ever latte, buying the knitting shop out of all the recently sheared local fleece and enjoying the relaxed nature of this special spot that has not yet been hit by excessive commercialism. On Sunday we gradually worked our way through the islands back to Bellingham. On the way, some of us stopped off at Decatur Island to get a firsthand look at the property that Scott and Alison had recently purchased. We all pitched in and piled the cut brush into a big pile in a clearing and practiced our skills with expired flares to start the fire. Bill Douglass, owner of Mystic Eagle, finally got the fire going by the old fashion method of laying some small dry wood at the base of the brush. A beautiful day with bright sunshine topped off this weekend as we cruised back across Bellingham Bay to NW Explorations' docks.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment