Catching Up With Old Friends

We have been trying to connect with Mike and Vicki Jacobsen (no relation) who we have not gotten together with as couples in years. Vicki and I manage lunch occasionally but we decided it would be fun to all go out on the boat and then have lunch together. Vicki had a chance to see the boat just before we left on our cruise. We had lunch at the Woodfire Grill and I gave her a quick tour. She, as well as Mike today, were surprised to discover just what a Nordic Tug is. Many people picture an old working tugboat with tires around the sides and they were no exception! We did have a great time, though, as we cruised along Whidbey Island, over to Mukilteo and back down to Everett.

A novelty we had not noticed before was a beach cabin that was constructed from an old railcar.

Another site that we have been curious about is a large shipwreck that lies along the beach near Everett. All we knew is rumor has it that a man with a shotgun lives in the little cabin to the right and chases away anyone who comes on his property. When I did an internet search, this is what I found by another boater:  "We cut a wide circle around Shipwreck Point, which is surrounded by No Trespassing signs and watched over by its owners, who are probably tired of the curious tramping across their little piece of paradise....  The shipwrecks are actually the remains of a salvage operation reportedly begun in the 1920s. I would like to know how much their skeletons have influenced the morphology of this small point of land. The largest hulk acts as a groin to northward transport, stabilizing the beach on the south and creating a small marshy cove on the north."

We had a wonderful time catching up and enjoyed a great lunch at Scuttlebutts in Everett at the North Marina. The food was wonderful, the ambience was fun and the prices were great. Thanks, Mike and Vicki, for joining us. We had a great time!