Wedding Crashers

Sunday August 23^rd – Time to get back to the good old USofA!  We pulled anchor and motored south (23.96nm) across the boarder into Roche Harbor where we cleared customs and pulled into our slip right in front of Todd & Tami for the night.

Another beautiful day, so we decided to take the kids to the pool and do some crabbing.  All the girls went to the pool while the guys dropped the crab pots in various prospecting spots.  After some pool time fun, we all went back to the boats and got ready for dinner out at the Madrona Grill.  A friend of Todd & Tami’s just happened to be coming to Roche Harbor for a wedding that night so they stopped by our boats for cocktail before the wedding.  We had a fun time talking with them then went to dinner.

During dinner Roche Harbor started their Colors ceremony.  At the end they announced the bride and groom of the wedding.  The groom’s name was the same as an ex-city council member from Sumner who Julie and I know.  We thought what are the chances, but decided to investigate anyway.  Julie, Tami and I snuck up to the wedding reception area and peaked through the windows while Todd and the boys went out to check the crab pots.  We couldn’t see the groom right away, so we decided to hang out for a while trying to blend in.  Finally, Tami’s friend came out and wondered what we were doing.  I explained that I might know the groom and asked if he was an ex-city council member for Sumner.  Sure enough, that was him!  She went back in and told the groom I was out there then he invited us all in!  We all talked for a while and he invited us to have dinner, drinks, cake and stay as long as we wanted.  Todd came back up after checking the crab pots and we all hung out like wedding crashers!

Trip Log – 480.90nm