Sum-sum-summertime

It seems it's really hard to keep up with a blog in the summer. We've been very busy since moving our boat to Shilshole in the beginning of June. We moved our primary residence in July to Ballard, getting closer to the boat. But that meant packing, unpacking, settling, doing all 8 things that everyone has planned for every weekend day of the summer, plus a little R&R with each other.

It's great having the boat at Shishole. Our slip is in a perfect spot to start conversations. Everyone loves the unique look of the boat and are blown away by the amount of space inside as well as the layout of the cabin. It's nearly impossible to sit on the boat working on little projects without most people walking by to say hi and ask about the boat.

We've gone out a few times, including through the locks into Lake Union once. First time through on my own boat. Luckily we got to go through the small locks so we didn't have to tie up to 250 research or fishing vessels. (That's Emily, the mayor of Duck Dodge, helping me through the locks)

Once in Lake Union, I got a chance to swim around the boat and find that we have enormous mussels growing on the bottom of the boat, ON THE ANTI-FOULING PAINT. Going to need to get her out of the water for a couple of days and scrape and repaint for sure before the weather turns sour.

Also trying to get an overnight going on the boat somewhere before the summer is over (see note about our popularity above).