2014-08-13 Fishing with Karen

My younger daughter Karen came into town for a visit of about a week.
I had to work some of the days that she was in town, and we had literally torrential rains over the weekend, recording 7.5" on Saturday and Sunday, with accompanying winds, so we could not go out then.

So we ended up with only one day and an overnight to get our trip in.
But at least the rains had stopped and the sun had emerged.

We took off on Thursday morning and started trolling for salmon.
We did pretty well and the weather was stunningly beautiful.

We saw this eagle's nest with an immature eagle in it while we were trolling.

We ran to the Marguerite Bay dock in Traitors Cove, arriving just after the float planes had left for the day.  This time of year they ferry tourists in from town and run them up to the bear and fish viewing platform that is about a mile up the road.

Here is Karen's catch for the day.  3 nice fat Silvers, 2 nice fat Pinks, and 1 weenie little Pink.

We filleted the fish, with Karen actually doing one of them entirely on her own.  Way to go Karen!

Here is Faraway at the dock, and the Emerald Star that was there when we arrived.  There was a very nice couple on board who said they were from California, but the boat was registered in Anacortes.  We gave them a fillet of silver salmon, for which they seemed very appreciative.

In the morning we just had time to have breakfast and run to town, arriving about noon.
Karen had to be on the airport ferry at about 2 PM, so we were cutting it close.

2014-08-02 Naha with the grand kids

We found ourselves with the 3 grand kids for Saturday overnight, so we decided to take them out on the boat.  We have taken all of them out at various times, but never have we taken all 3 at once without their Mom.

We got a late start, not taking off until around 2:30 PM.

The weather was hot and sunny, which usually brings brisk afternoon winds.

We made our way over to the Naha dock and were so glad to find a spot at the dock.  A couple of men from another boat that was there helped us get tied up, which is always appreciated.  We could anchor just off the dock if we had to and come in by raft, but it sure makes for a much better experience for the kids and everyone if we are at the dock.

It's interesting to note that sometimes when we pull into a dock whoever is there comes to help, and sometimes they just ignore us.  I always at least make myself available.  Sometimes the incoming boat has lots of crew and sometimes not, but for myself when I come in with Lisa on board I always appreciate help from someone on shore.

Lisa says my blogs are too detailed so this time I will just show some pictures and label them.

The kids did a lot of dock fishing, thank goodness.  I did not let them play with their electronic toys while we were there.  The weather was great and they spent literally hours out on the dock with various fishing rods, catching lots of different types of dock fish.

They kept me hopping, getting fish off the hooks, getting lines and lures untangled, and on and on  But that was fine by me.

Tyler, the oldest, is in Art Camp this summer.  They are doing a production of Sound of Music this weekend, and he spent most of the time while he was fishing singing songs from that musical.  So much better than having his head buried in a video game for hours.

Aliyah, the youngest at age 5, caught her first fish ever.  Way to go Aliyah!

Bryan, age 8, the veteran fisherman, caught his share as well.

That evening we set up another one of our Presto log fires on the dock.  We invited the people from the other boat, the Zig Zag.  They came over and all had a great time at the fire.  Something about a fire just draws people in.

That night the weather was just terrific, so the boys slept up on the flybridge, for the first time ever.
It's like a big tent up there, and they knocked out quickly after having a great day.

In the morning after breakfast I set up the raft and we took a couple of rides.  Tyler especially loves to drive the raft.  Yes, I know I'm driving it in this picture, but trust me, he did get to drive it pretty much as long as he wanted to.

We took another walk of the Naha "Loop" before pulling out and heading home.

Another successful adventure on Faraway.