Krissy's 30th Birthday...Duck Dodge Style

Last Tuesday, Kris turned 30 on her favorite day of the week - Duck Dodge Tuesday, so of course, this meant that one of her few parties would be celebrated out on Lake Union and the theme for that week would be 80's. Rather than participating in the race on one of the sailboats, we enjoyed watching the race from the luxurious Committee Boat (since Kris is part of the committee). I used to participate in Duck Dodge a few times a season on Steve's sailboat, Knot Perfect, but since moving to Kent and getting too old for the late Tuesday drinkfest in the usual rain, I hadn't been out in quite a while. I truly am a fair weather sailor, but for Krissy, of course I'd go out. At the end of the races, most of the boats raft-up to the committee boat. Steve was on one of the end boats (about 10 down from us), so he jumped over the boats and stopped by for a JOAT cupcake and to say happy birthday.

Downtown { Seattle } Sailing Series

Last night I participated in my very first Elliott Bay Downtown Sailing Series and could not have requested better weather than what we had out on the Sound. I guess most sailors would have wished for better winds, but I was perfectly content sitting on the bow of this 47' Moody sailboat (apparently, there are only three on the west coast and they're all at Elliott Bay Marina) taking in the views. The smell of Puget Sound was I scent I missed for years, but last night it was in full effect. I've decided that this scent plus a BBQ is a perfect combination. I had a great time with Steve, our friends Lil, Kelly, Amy and Peter (it's his dads boat aka Captain Andy). Steve, as well as my friends Kris and Diggy, take part in Duck Dodge every Tuesday and then attempt to take in as many of the Sailing Series events as possible and I just don't get how they do it - it's a lot of work for a weeknight.