Christmas in the Northwest 2016

We were in the Northwest for three weeks.

Our first event was a family gathering at Tom and
Claudette's (Chrissy's brother and sister-in-law)

on Bainbridge Island. A delicious paella.

Hats were required attire.

The Helper

The head cook

After a few days on Bainbridge we headed to Seattle to

participate in the Christmas events the kids had planned:

Clam lights in Renton (on Lake Washington:

The last night at the original Old Spaghetti Factory

in Seattle - we had LOTS of family memories at

this restaurant. It is now closed:(

Pacific Place in downtown Seattle where it snows

inside every night at 6PM.

An evening on the "Polar Express"

(Mount Rainier RR)

Here comes Santa!

Christmas Eve at the Heyers:

Spinach Lasagna

Musical and Light up ties for all the boys!

Christmas Morning after presents...........

We went back to Bainbridge the day after

Christmas and by the next morning I was really sick with

a fever of 103. Jim and Drew took me to our

local clinic and I was diagnosed with type a influenza.

Bedrest, plenty of liquids, and tylenol were prescribed.

Unfortunately, we had volunteered to take care of

Simon so Kelsey and RL could have an overnight

get away. So.......we went back to Heyers and Jim and

Drew handled the babysitting duties with direction from

me on the couch:)

Everyone survived and no one else got the flu.

While Drew was there he managed to

fix my computer that I thought I had accidentally

erased the hard drive on. Yeah Drew!

We flew back to PV on January third. Both of us were still

pretty sick - Jim with a cold, me still recovering from

the flu, but we weren't contagious by that time.

We made it back to the boat, slept most of the next two

days and nights before we began feeling better.

We left La Cruz on January 12th after cleaning the boat,

getting the laundry done, filling up with water, filling up with fuel,

provisioning, hitting some new restaurants,

going to a great music show at Octopus' garden,

and getting together with friends.

We are now anchored in Bahia Chemala - about

a one hundred mile trip south from La Cruz.

Next stop: Tenacatita

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