Home for the Summer 2019

Summer in the Northwest

Fourth of July 2019

Fourth of July Gathering
Family and Friends

Fourth of July 1989 "Cousins"

The next generation of cousins: 2019

Lots of fun with Simon and Lily

Pt. Defiance Zoo:

Simon's Baseball Games:

A Bainbridge Overnight:

Taking the bus and ferry to Seattle and then the train to Auburn:

The ferry

Feeding the seagulls at Ivar's

The Seattle waterfront looks so different without the viaduct.

It's going to be a huge improvement when they are done

with all of the construction. View is from the Pike Place Market.

Lily's 2nd birthday:

Just Hanging out:

Some Camping Trips:

Ranger Creek near Chinook Pass/Mount Rainier

Port Townsend, Port Ludlow and Port Angeles

Colonial Creek with the Kids:

On Diablo Lake on the North Cascades Highway

Lily's favorite thing to do was to play in the mud:

We are about ready to start heading south.

We'll be camping along the way and should be

in San Carlos around the second or third week

in October.

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Mexico Ferry Travel: Getting from Guaymas to Baja and Back

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North to Southeast Alaska

Our old friend, Roger, invited us to join him (as crew) on his first leg home from Sitka to Seattle. We did the first leg (and most scenic) from Sitka to Petersburg. He has been heading north on a boat from the Seattle area every summer since he was a little kid so he knows the area well. We flew into Sitka (arriving at 3PM), got a taxi to the harbor, jumped into the skiff, headed out to the boat, and we were on our way to Kalinin Bay on Kruzof Island for the night. (Jim's hat says "Where's the Fish") The next morning we headed north and into the Pacific along the Khaz Peninsula, inside Klokachef Island, up around Khaz head and then various anchorages around Baranof Island, Admiralty Island and Kupreanof Island. The weather wasn't the greatest, but we did have some sunny days, mostly calm waters, lots of wildlife and good fishing and beautiful scenery:

S/V Loomba-Loomba

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