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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 27, 2009 22:03:30 GMT -5
Mike, I apologize if I am far behind. Have we seen the front of your house? Do you have a tatami room?
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Post by sailor on Jul 28, 2009 17:16:17 GMT -5
Mike, I apologize if I am far behind. Have we seen the front of your house? Do you have a tatami room? I don't think I've ever posted a picture of the front of my house. The front is boring, it's the back where all the happenings happen! And, yes I do have tatami mats in some of the rooms. We're stuck in a prolonged rainy season now; when that clears up I'll put together a little photo album of my stately manor and vast properties and post-it up here. BTW, Babe, your pictures are terrific fun. Keep it up! Best regards, Mike
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 28, 2009 20:49:43 GMT -5
Mike, As I posted on the other photo thread, your pictures and dialogue make me "homesick" for my time in Japan. It is the most wonderful culture with truly NICE people. . .and the food! Was the lobster still slowly waving its antennae? he who obeys boatbabe
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Post by sailor on Jul 28, 2009 21:16:20 GMT -5
Mike, As I posted on the other photo thread, your pictures and dialogue make me "homesick" for my time in Japan. It is the most wonderful culture with truly NICE people. . .and the food! Was the lobster still slowly waving its antennae? he who obeys boatbabe This one was still waving... until I ate it! All the best, Mike
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 29, 2009 21:02:20 GMT -5
I was at a "business meeting" one night, pretty well in my cups when they brought out a sashimi boat. Beautiful presentation with the boat filled with ice and covered with assorted sashimi and a lobster for the figure head. The tail had the shell removed and sliced like in your picture. It took me quite a while to realize the tentacles were s l o w l y waving. he who obeys boatbabe
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 8, 2009 10:56:53 GMT -5
This is the south end of Shilshole Bay Marina from up on Sunset Hill. Do you see our boat? ;D
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 8, 2009 11:11:32 GMT -5
Let's zoom in. Now can you see our boat? Actually, what you can see is the southern tip of the breakwater. That's in all of my sunset pictures. And you CAN see our boat. It is high tide, and we are the second boat from the corner of the public pier, teal canvas over the fly bridge. The public pier is on the top left of the picture, coming straight out from the land, going west. At the corner, it turns north. That's us, and our neighborhood.
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 8, 2009 13:01:48 GMT -5
Like this one: looking over the public pier, and at the end of the breakwater.
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Post by gailkate on Aug 9, 2009 9:51:32 GMT -5
Beautiful, BB, and I'm feeling smug about now recognizing the pier and breakwater. You're teaching us all to be old salts.
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 10, 2009 8:46:35 GMT -5
Thanks, gailkate!
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 10, 2009 18:05:40 GMT -5
This is the first full view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridges. Yes, there are two now. In the "old" days, the bridge closest to us, on the north, carried traffic east and west. It truly is a beautiful bridge. But time marched on, and the traffic increased, and they have built another bridge on the south side, mirroring the original graceful span. Now the old north bridge carries people west, to the penninsula, and the new south bridge carries them east to the mainland. I've been over these bridges several times, but this was my first time going under them. As you can see, we had grey skies, but it was a gorgeous cruising day, flat water, and lots of visibility.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 10, 2009 18:12:36 GMT -5
We are just under the old bridge here, looking west. I love this view. Look at the different types of supports they used, yet they match beautifully.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 10, 2009 18:20:40 GMT -5
This is the Virginia V cruising to our port side. She is an old wooden boat, beautifully restored, and on the national registry. She was in Olympia for Harbor Days, giving rides around Budd Inlet.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 10, 2009 18:25:36 GMT -5
And a cute little fake tugboat on the other side, escorting us into the marina in Olympia, Washington.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 10, 2009 18:29:44 GMT -5
This is our first view of the state capitol building. It was getting pretty foggy, so we were glad to be there.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 10, 2009 18:34:34 GMT -5
But the clouds parted for a lovely sunset, looking out over Budd Inlet from our cozy berth. You know me, there always has to be sunset picture!
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Post by gailkate on Sept 10, 2009 23:38:24 GMT -5
As I've told Mike, I like moody skies. Of course, one can't enjoy them if the sun never comes out (my first winter in MN we had 40 days without sun ) but I like greys and charcoal. The water and clouds in these pictures are really dramatic. I worked a long time in our department of transportation. The bridge engineers would love hearing you appreciate that bridge. Some people only look at them if they're super long or cost a whole lot of money. To me they are marvels and often quite beautiful.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 11:27:05 GMT -5
Thanks, gailkate! It makes my day to hear that you enjoy the same things that I enjoy.
A correction, please: The Virginia V was cruising on our starboard side, and the little pleasure boat made to look like a tug was on our port side, as our trio cruised through Budd Inlet toward Olympia.
Harbor Days in Olympia is a festival that celebrates the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest, highlighted by tugboat races, pitting the same sized engines in heats. The winners gloat vociferously for a full year.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 11:34:24 GMT -5
At low tide it is clear to see why we followed the range into the marina: there's not a lot of water on the edges. The herons prowled the shallows for breakfast.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 11:45:00 GMT -5
I tried to walk around the point to get a better view, but was met with multitudinous warning signs. The point has been an EPA hazardous waste cleanup site for the last 20 years, due to the McFarland Wood Pole Treatment Plant. Stay on the cement paths! Do not stray from the appointed areas! Yikes! I was glad they've cleaned it up enough that the herons have returned.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 11:57:38 GMT -5
Back on the water, a real tug returning from the races. I wonder if he won? He looks pretty plucky. I've been in love with tugs since before Theodore Tugboat.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 12:11:15 GMT -5
We are in Colvos Passage now, between Vashon Island and the penninsula, riding the maximum ebb home. I loved this pretty tanbark sailed boat. The coloring is natural.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 12:15:50 GMT -5
More tugs heading back to work after a play weekend.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 12:29:00 GMT -5
When cruising, we regularly turn and look behind us. Our mantra is "No smoke, no steam, no super ferries." We have learned the sooner you see any of these things behind you, the safer you are. The smoke part we learned when we blew our port side engine on Madeline R. The steam part we learned when we blew a hose in our cooling system aboard Mine II. The super ferries part we vicariously learned when an elderly friend of ours was run over by a super ferry in Canadian waters and killed. This is our announcement of safe passage. Colvos Passage is behind us, but we are being caught by the storm. Can we outrun it?
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 12:33:29 GMT -5
The Seattle city skyline is ominously far away, but the clouds are great, and the water isn't bad.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 11, 2009 12:39:38 GMT -5
Passing Seattle, we angle across the shipping lanes, and duck into the protection of Shileshole Bay and our marina. Another successful cruise with new and old friends. What could be better?
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Post by joew on Sept 11, 2009 17:33:11 GMT -5
Looks like a very fine cruise.
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Post by gailkate on Sept 11, 2009 20:01:32 GMT -5
Really, BB, these are just terrific. I love all the threatening clouds, but it makes me shiver to think that you're in a boat whilst taking pictures and sounding so lighthearted. what happens if you can't outrun the weather?
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 12, 2009 11:37:55 GMT -5
Well, if it were reeeeeally bad, we would not leave our berth. There have been a couple of times when we missed schedules, but people who ignore the weather and stay on their schedules no matter what sometimes end up dead. At the very least, they have terrifying, pounding, injurious cruises with stuff flying and breaking all around. So we try not to do that.
When we are overtaken by a squall, we are still protected if we are running from up on the flybridge. We have a canvas cover and plexiglass windows. The tough part is the lateral rolling. The higher up from the water line, the more pronounced the roll.
If we were uncomfortable or felt in danger, I would hold on to all the handholds we have, and carefully go down the stairs to the galley/saloon. I would take control of the boat from the inside helm station, radio Dahhlink and let him know so he could come down, after buttoning up the flybridge if possible.
We try to be very careful, but sometimes a rogue wake or wave will show up out of nowhere and WHACK us, then is instantly gone. Those have been our most recent damages.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 12, 2009 11:48:42 GMT -5
Mike, isn't it time for another photo essay to start the next page?
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