Ferry sailing into the Fog

Took this picture a number of years ago of the Ferry sailing off into the fog. I love it. It has long been one of my favorite pictures.

Summer Pictures

As Summer Draws to a close, I thought I would share some of my favorite pictures from my favorite summertime retreat. I love going there, its so close, yet seems so removed from everything. Its awesome.

Paulsbo Boat Trip

Awesome day today.  God is good, 80 or so degrees, nice water for a boat trip.  We started from Whidbey Island and headed south, we cut in behind Bainbridge Island at Agate pass and then wound our way down to Blake Island (which is just north of Vashon Island).  While we were winding our way through the nice calm water, I heard a loud V8 rumble, I slowed down and looked behind us, there were 4 ocean racers closing fast (I first heard them about a mile away over the sound of our own V8).  I'm not sure how fast this first group was going, but they were flying, just the propellers were in the water.  A minute or so later this guy (pic1) and one other boat started closing in on us, so I gunned our boat (which does 52mph) and the race was on...well, we got smoked pretty bad, they were doing 70 or so, just went cruising right by us.  A few minutes later we rounded the corner and were greeted with this great view of Mt. Rainier(pic2).  We then cruised around Blake Island and were going to stop at the marina there, but they didn't have room for us.  So we decided to go up to Paulsbo. It has been quite a few years since I have been to Paulsbo, and I have to say I was quite impressed, they at least have very good taste in cars (pic3).  We had some pizza at a wood fired pizza place on what appeared to be the main drag through town.  It was quite good I an would recommend it to others visiting Paulsbo.  Which itself, was quite a cool town, I really liked all the Scandinavian stuff and feel to the town.  Pretty much an awesome day.  We even got to see a few porpoises, but no pictures as they were off before we could really get set to take pictures.  Speaking of which, it is really hard to take a picture in a rocking boat.  Trying to compose the shot is nearly impossible.

4th of July

I know this is late, but I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July.  We had a great time with family and friends on Whidbey Island.  The picture here is of the firework show in Freeland, WA (on Whidbey Island).  It is a small town show, but it is still pretty good.  The best part of my 4th was being able to see and talk with my cousin who is serving in the Marines in Afghanistan.  Skype is pretty sweet for being able to connect people that are that far away with video and audio interaction.  It was cool because a bunch of people got to walk through the house and say hello and get a short conversation with her.  Afterward, they took the laptop outside and tried to show her the fireworks going on here.