Henry Rose

Roo is the family dog.  One of two really, along with Molly.  I took this picture of roo a couple of weeks ago and have had it as my desktop at work this week.  Everytime i see it i want to grab her for a big hug.  Lucky for me I’m dogsitting this weekend.

A while back my friend Ray started asking me questions about web dev stuff. He was thinking about starting a business fixing ipods and wanted some help getting it going online.

The last three monday’s I’ve spend a couple of hours working with Ray to get his new site about seattle ipod repair up and going.

Now Ray’s site isn’t the flashiest or slickest site online, but it is a testiment to the web as a platform for entrepreneurship.

I owned a condo in Fremont for about two years and made a healthy profit on it.  Or at least what I thought was a healthy profit, I bought it for about $120k and sold it for about $185k.  Not too shabby for a kid that’s a whole lot better at programming computers than he is at selling houses.

But after reading this article on the Zillow Blog about how Donald Trump sold his house for an $58.5 Million dollar profit I just don’t feel as cool. By the way, it’s not considered procrastinating if it’s your employer’s corporate blog.

I may never have the Donald’s hair and I may never own a helicopter, but some day I would like to have a house on the beach.  Of course if I’m lucky, mine will be something more like this house for sale on Lake Wenatchee.

Well i suppose i ought qualify that. Sucia Island is my second favorite major island in the San Juans … i guess that narrows it down quite a bit more.

Saturday morning my Father, my friend Andrew and I loaded on the Dorothy Rose for a fantastic one night trip out to Sucia. We left Cap Sante Marina at roughly 11:00 on Saturday and took about 5 hours to motor north and into Echo Bay.  The trip north along Lummi Island is stunningly beautiful.  Lummi rises much more steeply from the water than the other islands in the San Juans and the misty afternoon made it feel like we were in a truly magical land.

Upon setting the anchor in Echo Bay, Andrew and I took to the shore for a walk to the north eastern corner of the island. After a spirited hour of walking we’d gone to the end and back leaving us quite ready for our dinner.

Back on the boat we enjoyed some delicious steaks that were supposedly cut from cows raised with the highest of social and environmental standards. The steaks were accompanied by some delicious rolls from La Vie En Rose bakery in Anacortes and a great bottle of Shiraz that we’d picked up at Compass Wines.

The trip home found us in sunshine and a healthy 20kt breeze.  Naturally the breeze was right on our bow so we spent much of the day close hauled, rail under even with a first reef on.   Such conditions make for exciting sailing, but they also make for excellent napping in the leeward bunks.

Later in the afternoon the wind calmed to 5-10kts and I was able to enjoy a nap on deck under full sail, quite a treat in June.

Sucia is a wonderful destination for a number of reasons. Anchorages are plentiful and one can always find a place in large Echo Bay.  There are several smaller nooks that hold fewer boats but provide truly excellent scenery.

Shoreside one can enjoy a variety of trails all over the sizeable island.

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