It's The Weekend!

True to form, immediately after July 4th the temps finally reached into the 90's here. It was quite a shock to the system but we weren't complaining. This weekend, we greeted the Withrows from Atlanta who are spending the week here on a summer vacation. Even after a five hour flight, with a three hour time difference, they were still game for a short sail in Liberty Bay after they arrived. Afterward, we all enjoyed a nice farmer's market dinner with some fresh salmon on Saturday night. On Sunday, they were raring to go and it was off to Seattle for some sightseeing at Pike Market before we headed to Safeco Field for the Mariners-Yankees baseball game.

There were a lot of Yankees fans at the game.

Max and Scott enjoying themselves. Max is a Yankees fan too.

We had great seats out in the center field. We got to see a lot of the center fielder,

and also the right fielder, Ichiro. Ichiro is playing in the All-Star Game this week.

Max noticed that Ichiro does a lot of stretching throughout the game.

The Yankees won, which was no surprise. After the game we took the ferry back to Bainbridge Island and then headed out for some pizza.

Then, being summer and all, we thought we would finish the day with some ice cream sundaes. Mmmmm, yum!

Happy Summer!

Even though it wasn't as warm as we were hoping, we enjoyed a great holiday weekend. Lots of pictures this week.

Our weekend started with a splash as Sun Break was launched on Thursday. We are very happy and excited that all went as planned.

Finishing touches were done on the bottom paint prior to launch.

Up she goes on the lift.

Making the way to the water.

Matt on board and ready to start the engine.

Touch down!

She over-nighted in Port Townsend so the rigger could make final tuning adjustments. On Friday, we headed out for the seven hour voyage to Poulsbo. The weather was beautiful when we started.

We saw about 15 of these sea planes,

....and for obvious reasons we steered clear of the shipping channel.

Matt flew the burgees while Carol stood watch.

Home-grown veggies and homemade hummus made for a great lunch.

...We're getting closer as we approach Point No Point.

Agate Pass separates Bainbridge Island from the Kitsap Peninsula and more specifically, from Poulsbo. After Agate Pass, only 40 minutes to go!

This guy decided to overtake Sun Break while heading into Agate Pass. It was a little nerve-wracking if you ask Carol, but all went well and friendly waves were exchanged between crews.

The weather took a turn for the worse as we approached Poulsbo. Guess we should get used to wearing foul-weather gear around here.

Sun Break is safe and sound in her new slip, just in time for the Poulsbo fireworks on Saturday.

Poulsbo is known for its fireworks display. The show is done on the 3rd of July (not sure why) and people come from far and wide to see it.

We went to a party at the Poulsbo Yacht Club to start things off.

Yankee Doodle Baylee

After dinner, club members had a boat parade through the harbor.

Look closely and you can see Mt. Rainier is in the background.

This was the lead boat. It was really cute.

Oops! It seems that the Poulsbo Police weren't too keen on the blue light on the top of their little boat. Oh well. At least they didn't get stopped until the end of the parade.

The fireworks were held later. We discovered it's hard to take pictures of fireworks. We were happy for the one that we got (see beginning of this post).

They are serious about their fireworks around here. This is one of many stands that sell fireworks near our house. We had to take 2 pictures of it to get it all in. They were doing quite a business Saturday and Sunday.