Spring Break Cruise in Hood Canal

For spring break, we took Everlong on a cruise down the Hood Canal. We based our days on the weather predictions, which were okay, but not glorious. Our first day we had a somewhat rough crossing from Seattle to Poulsbo. Because of the winds and waves, we had to go diagonally, rather than straight across so we didn’t get rocked every which way. This, along with the chop, made the trip longer. The wind blew our burgee off, but we eventually made it to Poulsbo. The town was so cute and fun we decided to stay two nights (especially since we got in just before dinner the first day). There were lots of great restaurants and shops. The second day we met up with Avery’s friend, Henry, and his family briefly at Sluys bakery. They had taken the ferry over and happened to be heading there at the same time as us!

Just arrived in Poulsbo

“What is this oddity?!”

“A time machine?”

Movie night: The Theory of Everything

Skittish seal friends

These skies are looking better!

Getting pizza

At the maritime musuem

Sluys baked goods

There was a fun playground close to the marina

Truer words never spoken

These military planes didn’t show up on radar, so we came up with a secret mission they must be headed out on

Arriving at Pleasant Harbor Marina, a cute little place to visit. Has a shop, restaurant, pool & hot tub.

Exiting the marina at low tide. The channel was pretty narrow and shallow but we fit!

Next destination: Alderbrook, at the bottom of Hood Canal. We had the whole dock to ourselves! Jonathan and I had a dinner date there one evening and it was SO good!

Starlight, the starfish friend we found.

These seals were very curious

Our friends, the Greens, have a cabin just across from Alderbrook. The tide was super low, so we anchored on their side and took the dinghy over to visit for dinner one night.