Sailing the Northwest

FUN ACTIVITY NEWS!
Hello Friends and Neighbors! Our summer in the Northwest is coming to a close, although sailing is still good all through Sept and into Oct. We have always had to leave to go back to work, but this year we are here to enjoy the sunny days and cooler evenings. Our plans include a trip to visit friends at Kayak Point on a short cruise over Labor Day weekend. (They'll be on the mainland, and we'll be in our boat.) And, we hope to get over to Roche Harbor for a weekend. We are in the grasp of new boat fever! Not new, but different. Our Newport 30, the Karen Marie is a good boat, but not the last boat for us. She has limited space and needs a few niceties to make her really comfortable for cruising. A little like the difference in a tent and a 30' travel trailer with hot water and in door plumbing! We decided a few weeks ago to begin the hunt for another boat, a Catalina 30. We know we want that kind of boat, but they are scarce as hens teeth in the Northwest, and Jim has been a little reluctant to go to California to buy. We'll see if things look any better for finding a boat up here in September, and then maybe we'll look south for the perfect boat. We have decided to name our new boat the Karen Marie II;however, Melissa is holding out for the Karen Marie, Too. She says her sister would understand and think it was funny. The photo is the same kind of boat we will christen as the Karen Marie II.
KNITTING NEWS!
I am finally back to knitting socks. I have loads of warshrags and need to get started on some Christmas presents. I have enough yarn to knit three more felted bags, so I'll start those soon. They will all go as presents. I gave away the orange bag and kept a blue lopsided mistake, although someone told me I can cut it down and sew it up for use as a smaller bag. I think I'll keep the floppy old thing and store yarn in it. It's hanging on the back of my chair right now, doing a good job of that. Christmas means I have to start on my daughter's blanket. I hope I have enough done to give it to her. I have beautiful yarns to knit it in colors of olive, beige, white, burgundy and blue. I'm going to try the Log Cabin blanket pattern in Mason Dixon Knitting.
The day is speeding away, so I'll sign off. Fair winds and following seas! The Whidbey Wagners