6 AM of day 2. We had a very enjoyable evening with my classmate, Fred Wicknick. It was good to sit down with him and spend some time talking shop, family, fun and politics. He was kind enough to treat the two of us and our wives to dinner at The Big Fat Fish Company. We all had some very delicious seafood except for my darling wife who had steak. Give my wife a menu with steak on it and there is rarely a decision to be made except how to cook it.

So now we hang out for the next 9 hour until we can check in for the ferry at 3 this afternoon. The girls will be leaving around 10 AM, so Mike and I have a few hours to burn. Fred suggested we ride down Chuckanut Drive to a place that serves fresh oysters. We will check that out for lunch.

The next three days will be on the ferry, going up the inland passage. I am sure we will have plenty of photos to post.