Earlier in the day, Bruce and Tom had taken 'Shearwater', Bruce and Carol's Passport 40, down from Anacortes to Kingston. Dana had taken the ferry from Whidbey over to Mukilteo and Carol had driven down from Anacortes, picked Dana up and were headed to the Edmonds Ferry which would taken them across the sound to Kingston.
Bruce and Tom arrived first, we arrived a few hours later, and Carol and Dana got in just after 8. Tom and Bruce had prepared dinner and Jodi kicked things off with 'salmon toast' (my new favorite dish!!).
It was great renewing friendships over a nice meal.
Saturday.
The wedding was at 3, so we had a leisurely morning. We took the Kayaks out and promptly violated the unmarked security zone under the ferry dock. Ooops.
The Ospreys were diving in the bay and I was trying to catch it with the camera, but finally gave up and started paddling. Jodi then turned just to see an Osprey fold up and drop from about 100 feet in the air and dive into the water to snag a fish.
Dean picked us up and we all piled into the van for the short trip to Indianola. The wedding was lovely and it was great seeing old friends (they really are getting old...).
The wedding was near the water and there was a long pier extending far into the bay. We walked down the pier and noticed the water was relatively shallow (hence the long pier) making it perfect for Ospreys to see and catch fish. We watched for 20 minutes or more where perhaps 10 Ospreys were fishing. They'd dive from 60 or 100 feet in the air and seemingly go all the way underwater to catch their prey. Pretty cool.
We had planned to go to Poulsbo Sunday but ended up with a long walk then dinner, again on Shearwater.
Good weekend.
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