RIP Jeff Morris, You Will Be Missed

Wednesday August 2^nd – A few days ago we got some sad news. My brother’s dad Jeff Morris passed away. David and I are half brothers but we’ve never thought of each other that way, we are brothers 100%. Although Jeff was not my dad he played an important role in my life while growing up. I had a connection to him that was more than just my brother’s dad. This was heartbreaking news and not expected. I wanted to be there for the funeral and for my brother, so Julie and I booked a seaplane flight back to Seattle.

We left Grace Harbor and headed back to Prideaux Haven through the now fully smoke engulfed islands. (south wind was now blanketing the area with smoke from the wildfires in BC) Briana’s friend Sean was flying in today and Julie and I were going to fly out. Prideaux Haven doesn’t have any docks so we anchored our boats and stern tied them to shore. Todd and Tami were such a big help. Not only did we leave our boat tied to theirs for the 2 nights we would be gone but we also left our kids with them. Thank you guys so much!

The kids swam in the water then at 5:30pm our Kenmore Air flight buzzed the bay and landed just outside. Our bags packed, we jumped in Todd’s dinghy where he delivered us to the seaplane. After a couple stops along the way to pick up other passengers, we had a smoke filled 2.5 hour flight back to Kenmore WA. Even with the smoke it was a beautiful flight. We took an Uber to the Hampton Inn in Renton right by where our Northwest Seaplane flight would be leaving to go home.

The funeral the next day was really nice with a full military ceremony that paid respect to the time in the service Jeff spent. We sure do appreciate Jeff’s sacrifice to keep our country free! Even under these circumstances it was nice to see friends and family. After the ceremony everyone got together for dinner and to talk about memories. Jeff’s family put together a very nice memorial table that was really fun to look at. RIP Jeff Morris, you will be missed.