Hope Island to Coupeville June 20th – Meeting up with Carolyn, Clyde and Sunny

Day two for MK and Rachel, whereas Alexus and I have been on the boat now since May 8th, almost two months. For us it has gone fast and other than our “Point Reyes” experience, life on the boat has been very enjoyable. After a fun night at Hope Island we set off for Coupeville. We planned to meet Clyde and Carolyn at Toby’s Tavern in Coupeville, as the area of Penn Cove is known for it wonderful tasting mussels. The area around the cove was literally filled with crab pots and crab boats. It was like a slalom course the boat was taking to avoid them. As we entered the cove we saw that Clyde and Carolyn had anchored out. Since we had the four of us on NuMoon, and we knew we would be off and on, we chose to tie up at the dock. The tide was going out as we pulled into the dock and Clyde came out to greet us. He had said they had just moved their boat from the dock as they draw about 6 feet as compared to our 3.8 feet. So we tied up at the far end of dock where it was deepest. We spent the day walking around Coupeville, checking the little stores and museums. The evening when we met Carolyn and Clyde at Toby’s Tavern, we shared life and boat stories. Three of the women were pilots, Carolyn, Rachel and Alexus, quite unusual. We laughed together, enjoyed the mussels and other food stuff and drank much more wine than we ever should have. We came back Numoon, spilled some wine and laughed more. Clyde and Carolyn gave MK and Rachel a list of interesting, quirky and fun places to see in Seattle and by then it was getting late and folks were getting sleepy. We said goodbye to Clyde and Carolyn as they are heading to Seattle now and then on to Canada. We all promised to keep in touch.