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Mahi Mahi....

It's what's for dinner

Sometimes things are better with two people

SeaHorse V  buddy dinghy-ing on a jungle adventure

Bucket-wanna-be-native

This truly is a jungle tour.....looking for giant crocs

Tour Leader

I have spied a CROC

This is the Giant Croc?

Now...THIS is a giant croc!

Camouflage (a bit frightening)

Jungle taming is hard work! Darn mosquitos (thank goodness for Calamine)  

Self explanatory

A closer look.....eeeeewwww!

Postcard photo op from Velvet Sky

Yes....he owns shoes, he just chooses to carry them rather than wear them. Evolution?

Which way to the Banana Bread?

Awe ... yes...the ORIGINAL Banana Bread is preferred

Jungle Tours....the new theme park ride

Iguana

Turtle

 Croc...not the giant croc

Another striking sunset

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Clay+ Manure+Water= Adobe Brick.  Two Pesos per brick.

Movie night on Sky

Follow the prints......

What's for dinner?

We will have one kilo of the pink jumbos

Fun at the pool

A daily event

Good Morning!   See you in Monterey!

Welcome to OUR world........

Sailors taking a train ride

And we thought he would never crash.....,

We were on the outside looking in.......

Who isn't fascinated by the tin man?

Yep.....these guys are quackers!

Bucket knows how to take over the helm of ANY water going vehicle (including the Duck Bus in S.F.)

PFD'S Everyone! This could get serious.

PARTY! The Duck Bus looses it transmission.....Enjoy the ride.  This is about as serious as it got.

Scott (from Kialoa) offers shoulder rides through the streets of San Francisco.....Bucket takes advantage of the opportunity to see the city from a different perspective.

Free Hair Cuts on the Dock

Next-- open ocean

Cape Flattery lighthouse

The very tip of Washington

A cruiser party in Anacortes. (lots of pretend pirates)

Another bird tornado

They are really big animals

Killer whales by Winchelsea Island

Nanaimo BC

well maybe not

And the winner of the balance game

Beauty showing us how its done

A crazy balance tool

And we were swinging

Mary bailing out of a swing

Ken looking on with awe

Wow another year older (Captain America cake)

Ken and Mary from m/v Fourth of July

Buchart Gardens sunken garden

New buddy Reece

less than 1/4 mile visibility 

So very foggy

Cool Dude

Bucket at the Marine center in Port Townsend

Bucket readying the stern line

An amazing amount of work goes into an eye splice with double braid line

Carol Tabler

A new main sheet eye splice by Carol Tabler

Our friend and all around boat genius Mike Roth 

Guardian Angels?

Guardian Angels!  (USCG Sherman)

Fancy new boat Crocs

Tuning the Navigation skills

NOT a pet

A PEST

A pest who is selfish with his crab

Happy Birthday to Mom!

46, I mean 34 years young enough for a Pink Ninja on the Birthday Cake.
I am a lucky girl.

Delicious!

Bedtime reading

Going up

UP!

And UP! I took this picture from the spreaders.  Next time I will make it to the top.....

First day out....all sails on

This is the safety zone

Zayden loves hangin' out on the companion way stairs...retrieving the boat hook is one of his "jobs" (in case something falls in the water)

His own personal space on a 38 foot yacht

one reef on the new sail...beautiful!

Sometimes I pretend to be Captain

It was a cold cold January day (we had a few of of them)

Hibernation?  No...nap-time

Our friend, Hero the Heron.  He spent the winter fishing and visiting out boat.

"Fresh" (the dinghy) gets her name applied and has a permanent place on the Velvet Sky

Scott had the privilege of being a part of the crew on S/V Rover.  Eric and Linda Ahlvin are the owners.  They made way to Seattle in February.  The Bucket and I are seeing them off.

A leather wheel cover....

 Around and Around they go....300 herringbone stitches

almost finished (about 100 stitches to go)

An instrument used to align the compass

270 degrees

Steady

Taking Fresh for a paddle

Under the Bridge

Spring has Sprung

Beach races

Who would have thought...Bucket is the photographer

He is not too big to be carried (although not too far)

Circles in the sand.....

JUMP!

Measure MY jump...

Now, measure MY jump!

Meet "Melissa" she is Scott's pet seagull.  He feeds her 3 meals a day.  This  photo is taken out of the galley window....she knows where the food comes from.