On One Day In Anacortes...

On one day every year, Anacortes fills with the rolling thunder from thousands of motorcycles: it’s the annual Oyster Run. The entire section of Old Anacortes is blocked off to all but motorcycle traffic, and four rows of bikes are parked for the entire distance, cheek by jowl.



But that isn’t enough either - many businesses designate portions of their parking for bikes, like our local Safeway for instance.



One estimate put the he number of bikes at more than 35,000. Most of the bikes are Harleys with their distinctive sound.

But other brands are represented too, and there is the occasional V8 powered bike...

The End of the Season

After months and months of sunny, warm, benign weather, we sit at the dock being buffeted by constant 20+ kt winds.  It is cloudy and chilly, and rain is coming in later this afternoon.

[we just got hit by a 30+ kt gust]

We made a command decision not to go out this weekend because of the forecast - maybe the best call we've made all year.

[a 38 foot sailboat just blew down the waterway between D and E docks, out of control, sideways.  Just missed our stern...]

I had been planning to clean our BBQ grill, but with this wind, that is out of the question.  If I sprayed Easy-Off™ on it, it would probably land over on E dock somewhere.

Our son and his family are off camping over on Orcas Island where there is no connectivity.  Hope they're all ok and their tent hasn't blown away...

So now we are hunkered down, with all the ports closed and the heat pump running for the first time in I don't know how long...

Winter is coming...