8/9 - We left Kwatsi around 11:00 & got to Shawl about 1:00. Lunch was an assortment of leftovers & appetizers. By the evening the marina was full (forgot to count the # of boats). The weather was beautiful all day & we actually spent the trip here on the flybridge. The marina did a 5:00 happy hour & everyone brought appetizers altho this was the least exciting assortment that we've seen so far. We thought we might have to skip dinner again (like at Kwatsi) because we would be too full. Not so - so we had barbequed ribs, Jan made cole slaw out of a cabbage I had & made rice with leftover vegetables. It was great! We also had our first real martinis of the trip for our cocktails. Shawl definitely attracks a very different group of boaters - we always find it very interesting.
8/10 - This morning Jan & Rod went to Shawl's pancake breakfast at 8:00 (I'm not a pancake person) & then we left at 8:30 as we had some rapids to time. We got to Jennis about noon. We've never stopped here & came because Jan recommended we try it. There is an amazing group of pink salmon waiting to go up a stream (when there is enough water for them to make it) that were circling around each other. There were probably 100's of them & occasionally some would jump out of the water. It was amazing to watch & Rod got some great pictures.
It has been a gorgeous day, the wind picked up in the afternoon but it was nice to have it's cooling effect.
There was a happy hour at 5pm & at 6:30 it was still 78' out. This is definitely a place we will come back to. There are 9 boats here, one of which is a 1912 called the Walrunda which is 65'. There are several other 60'+ boats here, as well as another Grand Banks, whose owners we met last year. They live in Gig Harbor.
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