May 5, 2007

This weekend we went to the Pirate's Cove Wood Boat Festival in Josephine. This is the first time we have ever been and this year was the 10th annual show. They had stuff going on Friday and Sunday but we just went down for Saturday. We launched the kayaks at Josephine and paddled to Pirate's Cove which was just across the harbor. I don't know how many boats they usually have but I know there were a bunch this year. There were boats on the dock, on the beach and in a roped off area in the parking lot. There is a contest and you can see the results at their website http://www.perdidowoodboat.org/. They had some booths set up with food and crafts so we got some jerk chicken that was very good and spicy. While we were eating we saw Charles and Lucia Parton with their family and talked to them for a while. Then Jason's friend Taylor Wilkins met us down their with his boat. We helped him launch at Josephine and took it out for a test drive. This was it's maiden voyage since Taylor had it re-done. Of course Taylor did not have new plugs, life jackets, chairs, fire extinguisher...but hey whatever. We also saw Dr. Luke Adams and talked to him for a while. He had a boat that was being judged. After we had had all the fun we could stand we headed back across the harbor. When we hit the bank Jason grabbed the front of my boat and pulled it up on the bank but did not realize that just the tip was on the bank so when I tried to get out it tipped over and dumped me into the water, so thanks Jason.

There's me:

These little girls were so cute in their tugboat

Taylor Wilkins: