Well, after seven years of living in Seattle, I finally found myself IN Seattle for the 4th of July, one of my most favorite holidays! I went sailing with my dad and some friends of his on Augusta for the afternoon, then in the evening I trekked through insane downtown traffic to the marina where I used to keep Rafiki, and where Katy and Charlie have their houseboat (think block party on the water: it was nuts! : ) Charlie and I took (thinking of a name...Rafiki II?) my 12' Hobie sailboat out into the turmoil and fun of Lake Union and barely made it back before the police shut down the lake for the fireworks, and in the process we took on water-balloon fire from unknown enemy craft, no shots were returned. I then spent a bit of time at another houseboat mooching off their 3-story height, and chatting with a nice fellow from Bangkok, who his uncle introduced as "Big." Whether it was the proximity to the Sleepless in Seattle houseboat and the associated Tom Hanks connection, my misunderstanding, or some other reference, I may never know. But Big seemed to have quite an interest in photography, and he was really stoked to be in the USA for a few months (he'd already been to New York, and was telling me how cool it was, and I was jealous... : )
Back in M-F land, I had a good day at the boat today, and successfully raised and tack welded the roof section in on my pilothouse, ending the mean streak that put me on a daily dose of ibuprofen last week. Whose yo daddy, I say!
