What a weekend!

It is a weekend like this past one that reminds you why we live in Seattle. When the sun is out there is no place like it anywhere! What an incredible weekend for mid-May. It was sunny and 75 both Saturday and Sunday - perfect boating weather!
Although Tim had the boat out on Opening Weekend, this was my first venture out in 2009. Saturday we spent the day floating around Lake Washington and Lake Union. We stopped at Ivars in Shilshole Bay and had a picnic on the swimstep of the boat.
Sunday we were back out again. This time with my friend Aimee and her friend Patty who was visiting from California. We picked them up in Lake Union and boated out toward the Locks. We stopped, gauwked and took photos of the crabbing boats made famous by the Deadliest Catch TV show. Its pretty amazing to see them up close and realize they aren't that big for the beating they take in the rough AK waters during filming. You couldn't pay me enough, but I digress. Anyway, after heading back into Lake Union we floated through the Mountlake Cut and into Lake Washington where we checked out Uncle Bill (Gates) house and then toured the southern part of the lake until heading back in about 6:00 p.m. to Parkshore Marina, where our boat is now stored. Tim is getting closer and closer to having it moored on the water. Right now its in the dry storage at the marina, which is a lot closer to water than the horse barn that it was stored in all winter in Spanaway. If we only made more money and could afford all the things we want....isn't that just life?!