Friday’s weather was decent. In the morning we kayaked, and
then walked to the Poulsbo Village shopping area. We hadn’t been to this part
of town before. Our hope was to purchase fishing licenses but the outfit was
closed.
We also visited Longship Marine, which is open, but service
is through the front door “window” only. Had to buy a replacement tip for the
boat hook, and a soft bristled head for our SureGrip cleaning brush system.
We took a walk in the evening up into the waterfront park,
as there was a vigil for a local native who was killed last year by a Poulsbo
police officer. This peaceful gathering was mostly young folks, and it was nice to
be part of a small yet important community event.
On Saturday morning, Nick walked up to the bakery (Sluys) to
get burger buns and a scone. The buns look good – he said the scone was awful.
Later in the morning I went back to Indigo Plum, a Poulsbo
shoe and clothing store that I visited yesterday. I pulled the trigger on new
bright blue plastic Birkenstocks for the boat. 😊
We walked up the hill again between rain events – I found
another yarn store! Small place but nice. Heart2Heart Knitting and Fiber Arts
is near the Safeway, and I purchased some yarn to make a basket for my
sister-in-law.
It began to sprinkle as we returned to the boat, and was
soon pouring hard. And then it was coming down in buckets. And then…CRACK!!!
There was a huge blast and a flash very near us, just past the end of the dock
and over the water. Nick thinks this was a “ball lightening” event. Whatever it
was, it was disconcerting. There was smoke, there was a person running on the
next dock, the emergency lights and alarm at the big church on the hill were
going off…it was altogether a storm occurrence that I was happy was not
repeated.
We talked to a couple of people who were at different restaurants
at the time…both stated it was scary for them, and they thought it must have
been crazy from our vantage point. Correct.
Since we need to be in Des Moines by Wednesday for early
morning shrimping on Thursday…and the fact that more weather is headed our way
(with wind!), we were trying to figure out where to go next. Someplace
centrally located and a nice place to again hunker down for a few days. Where
better than our own already-paid-for slip in the lovely Foss Waterway!
So here we are, back at Foss Harbor Marina. We’ll be staying
on the boat…no sense moving back home for just a couple of days. We’ll also be
able to run a couple of errands and visit the house to do laundry.
Oh, and the creature is a “comb jelly” otherwise known as a
ctenophora. So says Gus, anyway. (And I believe him!)
