Sincerely, Denise

THOM’S PLACE AT ANCHOR

Sunday, June 7^th – D DAY

I recently read a really interesting book called “Family of Spies” which is a mostly factual (only because she relied on interviews and accounts of third parties) account of a woman who discovered her grandparents were actually spies for the Japanese when they lived on Oahu as a family. Apparently they helped the Japanese with recon on the number of ships in port and the routines and activities on base, which helped the Japanese execute their attack at the most vulnerable moment. For that treason her grandparents served very little time. It was a great read and I recommend checking it out. We honor those lost souls today.

Mid morning in between squalls we ventured out to pull our pots and this time rewarded with 25 prawns! Which is not a big haul, but enough for appetizers tonight. Clearly this isn’t a prolific prawn area or I just didn’t choose the right spot! They were big though, huge I might say. The crab pots yielded 5 more nice big males, we are set for crab meat. After killing and cooking my haul and tidying up the gear, another break in the weather told me it was time for a kayak ride. We had launched the kayak yesterday then the wind came in and the rain, and I didn’t get to go. Today it is a beautiful break in the weather, calm waters and no rain. As I paddled back into the nooks and crannies of the shoreline, a mama duck and her babies were cruising right next to the shoreline as well, and she seemed alarmed by my presence. I paddled wide away from her to give her some space but she had her babies tucked up on her back – teeny tiny little heads, must have been really fresh. I kept my distance and let her escape into the inlet. That was my only wildlife sighting other than one eagle that flew over, and maybe a crow or two. No bears or deer today. Yesterday there was a deer grazing on shore among the purple lupine, making for a pretty scene. Spent the rest of the day cracking crab while watching the “Life is Short” documentary on Martin Short – very good! What a lovely man and great talent. Dinner tonight was on our boat although Connie cooked it all, yummy baked pork chops with a delicious grilled pineapple salsa, wild rice, and salad. Topped off the meal with NY TIMEs Chocolate Chip Cookies, a recipe not to be missed if you’ve never made them. They are the bomb! Afterwards we played another game of 5 Crowns and there may be some marriage counseling sessions booked real soon, it was a fierce competition and the barbs were flying among spouses! All good natured of course (I think), we laughed our way through the game. Great FUN!