June 2019 Around Puget Sound
The precursor to PNW summer is always full of expectations, but due to climate change and increasing chance of crazy wildfire seasons it is really impossible to really plan dates for a extended cruise or getaway of any kind. Perhaps it would be best to go visit Texas in August when it is very Hot there, then we get away from the smoke, or perhaps there is a better plan. The fire season was predicted to be not good. However, the lows just continue to flow across Puget Sound and temps are cool and there is some rain here and there that will at the least delay the fire season perhaps. The commercial fishing fleet are gone to Alaska and replaced with the most active cruise ship season ever.They can not cram any more cruise ships into Seattle during the week so they are building a new mega $$million terminal at the main Port of Seattle docks, I bet Alaska is excited to get hundreds of thousands more tourist in the coming years.
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| Can you imagine when this shows up in Katchikan and almost 5000 people step off to visit for the day? |
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| Well another very busy place is the Ballard Farmers Market every Saturday in Ballard. We can walk there from our marina and this is the first time we noticed the mushroom booth. |
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| A rainy thursday is a good time to re-visit the Seattle Art Museum |
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| Yeah, this is just like West Texas! |
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| Our grandkids make some pretty fancy art TOO! |
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| Very special (playdough) DESERT CUP |
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| A couple of Cirrus clouds flying by |
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| Do not know why I have never noticed it turning before since the winds were relatively light |
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| The Princess Cruise ship just left the dock and is passing just off the water front near our condo building, Weird to see such a huge ship slipping by so close. |
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Tall Ships can be seen just about around Puget Sound, |
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| So we are always crossing ferry lanes and you have to of course be aware and navigate without getting in their or any other ships way. We hear the 5 horn warning blast often as there is always some recreational boater seemingly completely unaware there is a huge ship about to run them over if they do not get out of the shipping lanes. |
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| We needed to practice anchoring with our new anchor rode and windlass. So we sailed over to Eagle Harbor to spend a night on the Hook. |
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| It took us twice to set the anchor in the right spot but practice makes for a relaxing evening. |
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| Eagle harbor is pretty protected from the light winds but some rain is in the forecast. |
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| These guys swam by every single boat in the ancorage looking for a handout, |
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| He looked me right in the eye, he left disappointed. |
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| This is what a lot of eagle nest look like, perched in the top of the tallest tree in the neighborhood |
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| The boys at the Queen City Yacht Club outpost at Eagle Harbor love their trawlers! |
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| We just dingied to the city docks in the foreground to explore Winslow for the day. |
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| Low tide give you a chance to explore the rocky beaches. |
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| Mares tales are well known to seafaring sailors and Texas farmers, a weather system is headed your way they say. |
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| So we decided to leave Eagle Harbor the next day but we allowed this ship to go First! She is a RO-RO ship, roll on, roll off vehicle cargo carrier. see: https://www.navysite.de/akr/akr5066.htm All I gotta say is this is the fastest moving ship we have ever seen in this part of Puget Sound. |
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| Way bigger than you tink! |
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| SNOWBALL safe in her slip from a successful night at anchor. |
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| This is the first time we have ever seen these Caribbean like water colors along Golden Gardens Park, we wondered WHY? |
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| And then an Argosy ship showed up in our marina, apparently they are now picking up passengers at Shilshole during the Summer Season. |
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| I did not get to try out the sail kit for our Portland Pudgy dingy in Eagle Harbor so Is tepped the rig and sailed the fairways at Shilshole. |
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| Different kind of sunsets when the skies are mostly blue, just a few clouds over the Olympics providing some Oorange in the scene |
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| Zooming in on the picture above revealed a sailboat and the Sunset they were experiencing, |
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The Pride Parade starts downtown and heads North on 4th Avenue, just three blocks from us. The parade last over 5 hours but we managed to hang out for an hour or so and celebrate with the city.
See: https://youtu.be/YwsgRCyXB18.
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| Diversity, Tolerance, Acceptance, and Love all intertwined. Pride goes far beyond sexual orientation in this city. |
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