June 30. 2011

Bye, Daddy Wayne!  Love, Lindsay & Billy

Through the haze and smoke, we said goodbye to Daddy Wayne this morning.  He’s heading back to Spokane today.  All visits seem too short!  He and Karl did manage to make it down to the crab trap this morning and check for new captives.  They turned up one [dead] hammerhead and one [live] hermit crab, which Karl took to camp this morning for their tanks.  It is apparently feisty.

Me:  How did it go with your crab this morning?

Karl:  Fine. 

Me:  Good.

Karl:  It totally fought with all the other blue crabs in the tank.  The one that’s molting took a huge beating.

Me:  Bummer.

Karl:  It was great.

So smoky you can't see the other
side of the sound

Karl with the [dead] hammerhead

Instead of going to the beach, we drove to Hubert for some fun with Ashley (Bartley) Cook and family.  Her parents have a pool that we all enjoyed thoroughly. 

FUN!

The view from the pool.  Not bad.

Gerry continues to earn his keep by puttering around the house.  Today, he and Gayle bought a new grill for the back porch which he put together this evening.  He also plans to use the Gorilla Glue tomorrow to repair a shutter.  Happy as a clam, I bet. 

Interlude:  Heads up all you locals!  Lowe’s offers a 1-year warranty on grills for 5 bucks.  If it falls off your boat, rusts on the porch, or burns to the ground because you cooked bacon in it (you know who you are), they replace it immediately. 

The smoke cleared up today – went out to sea, perhaps? – which is a relief.  Let’s hope it doesn’t return.

Welcome to the beach, CC!