Monday Morning in Roche
Trip Start
Jul 11, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 17, 2008
Roche Harbor,
Washington,
United States
Monday, July 14, 2008
Geoff, Grandma and I all woke up early again, and got ready for the day. Breakfast for our family was to be at the cabin, and everyone came up to the cabin with supplies in hand. Geoff and I rescued another picnic table from the neighbor cabin (it was their second table so we didn't feel bad at all) and we started to have breakfast outside, until we all decided we were chilly and moved in. After breakfast we got a call from Cheryl that they were at the pool, so we got grandma down the hill safely and soaked up the sun while watching Kendyll play in the kiddie pool for a while. We went to the cabin for some lunch for Kendyll, and while she was wandering around, she got Nana Cheryl's camera and was walking around the cabin with the camera up to her eye. She ran into Grandma's bedroom to take Grandma's picture and totally ran into the corner of the dresser with her head. We were all worried that her mom would be upset with us, but she handled it pretty well. In the afternoon, we all decided to get back on the boat to get oysters for dinner, and maybe take in some whale watching
Family Photo Time!
. However, the whales seemed to be in the scary rocky part of the ocean, so we just decided to get the oysters and putter around. We got to the dock, and the man that was harvesting the shell fish told us to go away with our big boat and to tie up to the dock with a dinghy. But, our motor was on the canoe, so that would not work. We pondered what to do at this point, going farther away from the dock when Uncle Rick decided he would talk to the man, and Ben turned the boat around. But the man ended up cleaning up and getting in his truck. He went away, so we tied up to the dock. It did look like we would pull it off the pylons, but we didn't, so he really had nothing to worry about. Geoff, Ben, Uncle Rick went to pick out some clams and oysters, and came back to the boat pretty quickly with their load. We went back into the Harbor, and everyone met back at the cabin. Oysters and Clams were on the appetizer menu with steak as the main course. We took our family portrait for the year and then everyone but Geoff, grandma and me, Vannessa and her friend seemed to disperse to go to the flag ceremony at the resort. We thought that everyone was coming back to the cabin for s'mores afterward. Bridgette and Chad came back to pick up something, so we made them some s'mores also. They left, then a bit later Cheryl calls to let us know that Ben fell into the water! It sounded pretty scary, so we sent a worried Vannessa back to the boat with her friend. He was okay according to Cathy, so we played a game of scrabble before going to bed. 
