January 2010
This January has been said to have been the hottest January on record and I'm not complaining one bit. We really enjoyed the nice weather. Unfortunately Scott's work schedule didn't allow us to get the boat out, but we had a good month anyways.
My Christmas present this year was a solo weekend away. Scott planned it all. A hotel room for 2 nights in Friday Harbor. He had the weekend off and would take care of the kids while I had some R&R time. It was absolutely wonderful! I headed up there on a Saturday morning, parked my car at the ferry terminal (I had a 3 hour wait) and went and visited some friends, Larry & Helen from S/V Waltzing Matilda. It was great to visit and catch up with them. The weather was beautiful when I got back to the ferry terminal and I had to get a shot of the mountains:
Of course the picture doesn't do it justice. It was a great trip over to San Juan Island. And I almost teared up when we pulled into Friday Harbor:
Of course then my battery in my camera died, so I couldn't get any more pictures of coming into the harbor. Oh well. I checked into my room at Tucker House Bed & Breakfast. What a wonderful place. I had the "Secret Passage" room. It was perfect for a relaxing weekend. They even had some fresh baked Chocolate Chip cookies waiting for me. Yummm:
I decided to have a nice quiet evening, so I stayed in and read a book and took a long relaxing bath in the jacuzzi tub. The next day, I headed to dining room for breakfast, which was amazing, and then off to South Beach for some beachcombing. The beautiful weather from the previous day decided to dissapear (bummer) and it was pretty blustery out. Oh well, I had a wonderful walk along the beach.
I headed back into town to warm up and do some browsing around town. Everyone was so talkative and friendly. I think they were bored, because there was no one else in town. It was so quiet, it seemed strange. Oh well, I helped boost their economy a bit and headed over to some friends' house for dinner. It was great catching up with them and we had a very yummy dinner. The next morning I headed out, but stopped in La Conner on the way home. It's a very cute little town that I've wanted to explore for a very long time. It was a good end to the weekend.
The next on our list of to do's for the month of January was pulling our mizzen mast for some much needed work:
So Ghost is a Sloop for now. Luckily the rot that we had found in it isn't so bad, so the project hopefully will go smoothly. We just need Scott home so he can work on it.
Last on the January Calendar was our Italian Night Aboard Ghost. We tried setting up a monthly gathering with our group of friends from Adams Elementary, but we were all too busy during the holidays. So, we decided to do Italian night. Everyone would bring a different sauce and we would cook up some different types of pasta. It was absolutely amazing. I ate way too much, but it was worth it:
I still can't believe we got so many people aboard Ghost. The kids all had a great time, too:
