This morning started off with breakfast with EYC and a chance to visit with some members I didn't know very well. As it turned out Steve is a retired doctor and offered to remove a piece of the splinter that was left over from the one I got at Roche Harbor a few weeks ago. I didn't realize there was a piece still in there until my pedicure last week and the girl commented that I had a sliver. It didn't hurt but I knew it would be better to get it out. Bob had tried to get it out with tweezers but couldn't do it. He knew he could not handle digging at it with a needle so Steve offered to come by our boat and remove it for me! It took some digging but he got out whatever was still in there! That's the nice thing about cruising with others. Bob can repair their mechanical problems and others help out with their talents! Who says doctors don't make house calls (I mean, boat calls) anymore? Thank you, Steve!
We then went out onto the main street of Anacortes to watch the 4th of July parade. It was so fun to be at a small community parade and see the crowds as well as the local businesses and civic clubs turn out. The parade started with flyover by two US Navy F-18s and our military was well represented and honored so that was awesome!
The yacht club dinner tonight was fashioned after a traditional 4th of July picnic - fried chicken, cole slaw, baked beans and corn on the cob. Dessert was apple or cherry pie and was very easy and fun with the individually wrapped Hostess-style pies we all remembered eating as kids. After dinner everyone visited on the docks and then went to various boats to watch the fireworks that were launched from the barge in the marina. Our Anacortes friends and Dave & Lynn Cheeney joined us for the fireworks.
