"Well, we are kinda involved with a boat owners gathering right now."
She then told me that one of the other captains had fallen, broke a finger, and was going to need surgery on his hand. She thought it would be a good idea to have another captain onboard.
"We'll be right there."
We stopped at our boat long enough to feed the cat and grab my captain bag (license, TWIC, etc) and headed across the marina. The captain was mostly embarrassed, but it gave me an opportunity to get some helm time on their bigger boat, and Joan got to see how the naturalist works on the boat. We're not supposed to do any photography while on a trip, so I don't have any photos to share... but, we didn't see any whales today. There is an interesting network with all the whale watch operators, and no one saw whales (so, it wasn't just us). We did see seals, Stellar sea lions, bald eagles, one harbor porpoise, and some exotic game on Speiden Island. These folks cover a lot of miles in a trip.
We helped clean up the boat, then headed back to the C-Dory group. Plenty of boats here...
We visited with folks for a bit, then the crowning of the Crab Queen and her court...
No, not really. From there it was a walk to the nearby restaurant where they had a section set aside for the C-dory folks. We sat at a table with 3 other couples... the whole room was abuzz with happy conversation. It was a treat to see everyone.
The afternoon on the boat left us tired, so after supper we retired to Wild Blue. I think we'll sleep good tonight.
No comments:
Post a Comment