Today we had some more family stuff on the agenda. Peggy’s sister, Tonie, has returned from the seemingly endless family heirloom sorting marathon in Coos Bay and we met her and her husband, George, at Scuttlebutt Brewery in Everett.
They serve a tolerable porter here and the seafood plate I had was pretty good. It came with clam chowder, clam strips, shrimp and two pieces of fish for $15. Our group got together about 11:30 but there was ample bullshit to catch up on so we were still seated as the lunch time crowd filled all the other inside and outside tables and ate. We were still there as some of the other tables emptied out. After no small amount of four way chatter, George and I took a stroll over to a nearby marine supply store so he could get some stuff. It was a nice store with little stainless rigging blocks smaller than a mouse that only cost $78, brass piping priced somewhat above Home Depot’s brass, neat electronic gear and other fascinating boat stuff. George and Tonie have a sailing boat on which they spend quite a bit of time exploring around the Pacific Northwest and southwest Canada.
Taking a stroll with George is always fun because he has a unique but squared away view of the world coupled with a delightful, dry sense of humor. I believe he and I could get into some serious trouble if left unattended by our spouses. Tonie and Peggy kept up a continuous stream of sister and girl stuff and they were still at it when we returned from our trip to the store. All of us took a little walk around the land near the brewery and scoped out the local boats. There is a gorgeous old converted tug and a towed submersible along with some pretty spiffy sailing and motor yachts in the adjacent marina.
Peggy and I finally said “Adios” and drove back to Monroe where Peg got to have some more federal and state tax fun while I finished up some alleged data entry and picture downloading.
There’s a couple pix if you click here