Marina: Poulsbo

This post is a little bit about boating and a little bit about technology because...well...the weather is so bad that the Cap'n is wasting time on the computer instead of wasting time on the boat.

First, let's talk about the really fun part: boating. The town of Poulsbo, on the Kitsap Peninsula, is our absolute favorite fall boating destination. Like Gig Harbor, Langley, Port Ludlow, and others, Poulsbo offers a great marina, the Port of Poulsbo, which has immediate walking access to shops, restaurants, and strolls down neighborhood side streets that make accessing land by water so much better than accessing land from land. Our routine is fairly evolved at this point

• Saturday: Arrive mid-afternoon on a Saturday, check out the shops, eat dinner at Mor Mor, then watch a DVD on the boat.
• Sunday: Make a leisurely bacon-'n-eggs breakfast, then head to Sluys Bakery for pastries that we'll eat at Hot Shots Java. The Admiral will go to the bead shop and I'll go to Cargo Hold, then we'll rendezvous back at the boat and begrudgingly leave around 2 or 3 pm.

Second, let's talk technology. Again, out of boredom, I recently joined Facebook and am only lukewarm toward its purpose, which seems to be spewing your stream of conscious thoughts onto a Web page for your poor friends to endure. I suppose a select few humans are so interesting that what they're thinking is worth you consuming real-time, but I don't have the DNA for that so I don't expect it from my friends.



However, this started to get interesting when I realized that you can link accounts like, say, YouTube. So I created a YouTube account and, if all was successful - which means you clicked the play button (little triangle) in the middle of the picture above, you just viewed a short clip of the Jenny G crossing the bow of a very large China Shipping Lines container carrier ship. Viva la Web!

Life: Leaving Edmonds

Dear Boaters,

Well, the end of an era has come: We are leaving the Edmonds marina after three years. The combination of missing fall boating due to maintenance logistics and a seasonal forecast for a "wet and cold" winter in the Pacific Northwest has caused us to choose a new home for the Jenny G. This was not about the Port and we highly recommend it to everyone!

She will now be on the ship canal, where we hope to do more day cruising on the protected waters between Shilshole and Lake Washington. We are hoping to get out this weekend; hopefully I will have a new post for you next week.

Cap'n Will