Ghostsailor's Monthly Update

Roche Harbor was a fun place to spend the 4^th of July.  I still like Poulsbo a little better.  There aren’t so many rich people trying to show off.  Everyone in Roche wanted to one up everyone else it seemed.  Anyway, when we arrived on the 2^nd Scott and the kids set the crab traps and went for a long dinghy ride with Curtis and Cynthia.  I stayed home and relaxed a little. A little mom time, I guess.  We ended up having Curtis and Cynthia over for a crab dinner, which was wonderful.   We all headed to bed early and slept late the next morning.  We went into town for a little look around and some groceries and then decided to go fishing.  Cynthia had wanted to catch a fish since she never had before.  We went outside Roche Harbor around a little island and caught quite a few fish.  We had a couple greenlings that we ended up keeping and yes, Cynthia caught her first fish:

We checked the crab pots on the way home and had a pretty good catch.   Scott went into Roche to see if he could find our friend Dave who is a great trop rock singer and was playing up at the hotel.  His shift ended at six and he and his wife Marcia came to Ghost along with Curtis and Cynthia for a fish and crab feast.  We ended the evening by making some homemade ice cream in our handy dandy ice cream ball.  It was a very nice evening.

The 4^th was spent watching the commotion in the harbor.  We didn’t really do much and didn’t even get to town.  The wind had picked up a little and with all the close anchoring we decided to stay on Ghost and watch the mayhem.  We had dinner aboard Winddancer and watched the fireworks, as well.  It was a nice show.  Both kids were able to stay up and watch them this year.  They had fun.

The next morning we went into Roche for a little playtime.  The kids love playing in the grass around the gardens.  We headed back to Ghost and pulled the anchor.  Next stop:  Reid Harbor.

Pictures from first part of trip