Finally the anticipation of seeing my sister after about 7
years sets in! She suggested we take our time, enjoy Pt. Townsend, stay for
lunch and get to her house in the afternoon. Pt. Townsend has the infamous
Wooden Boat Festival in early Sept. that would be nice to see someday but the
old buildings, shops, restaurants and marinas were worth the walk around. After
scouting out the Pt. Townsend Brewery to get a “Growler” (half gallon jug) of
Hop Diggidy IPA as a special birthday request, on we went to Indianola. The GPS wasn't really keeping up with where we were which then became further
complicated by the fact that I either didn't remember or wasn't told that my
sister’s street had been renamed and renumbered. We got close enough and then
went by which house looked familiar from pictures!
Coincidental to our arrival, Sue and Will had just been
given a 30’ Baba sailboat. It’s a cutter rig built in Taiwan with a solid teak
interior, hand stitched tanenbark sails, skylights and bowsprit. The boat had
been sitting at a slip for 7-8 years and the owner feeling guilty about not
being able to take care of it, searched around for someone to take over. My
brother-in-law, Will’s name came up and through a random act of kindness has
become the new proud owner of “Miracle! No need to change this name! I wish I had taken some interior shots because
it has an open layout below with enough headroom for Will who is 6’6”. The
cushions and seats are all high quality naugahyde. It’s a beautiful, sturdy big
30 footer that will give them many years of comfortable sailing.
We had lots of fun going down memory lane, celebrating
birthdays, meeting the dogs, the sheep and the chickens. We, of course, had to
see the new boat, the old boat Penelope named after my mom and then travel over
to Hansville to visit with my cousin Drew and his friend, Lauri. He has built himself a beautiful home that
captures the views of his property and the mountains beyond. It’s quite a life
out here. I think I’ll stay!
