Diana Jahrling Lannin, Deer Harbor and Sucia

Wow, what a couple of days.  We could not be more blessed with this trip.  If you were to imagine a trip where everything explodes with wonder and amazement, this would be it.  Here we go:

July 16:

Terri's "tot lot" friend from age 5 joined us with her husband for a trip to Friday Harbor.  They are delightful people that anyone wants on their boat.  Both are retired successful Microsoft engineers who see the world from the lens of "what can be".   

We took them to Friday Harbor.  This is Terri and my third time there so we felt confident in the trip.  Lunch was at the San Juan Brewery at the top of the island.  I broke every "Terri Rule" and had the fried chicken sandwich.  WOW, simply the best chicken between two pieces of bread I have ever had.  WOW, WOW, WOW.

Terri and Diana
Friends for life (60+ years and counting)

July 17

Yesterday, we headed to Deer Harbor on a recommendation of another Aspen owner.  It was an itty bitty town with literally one restaurant on it.  Good news for us, it was GREAT pizza.  But aside from eating (I think we are eating our way through the San Juan islands), It was the prettiest harbor we had been to yet!  I was in love immediately.  So quaint and peaceful.  

While on the dock, we noticed a young gal in stress.  She had just dropped her cell phone over board.  Her pop was trying to retrieve it with a borrowed net.  No joy, it was not long enough.  Ms OT (Terri), jumped in with the proposition of taping it to a longer pole.  They did.  Still no joy.  We went to dinner.

After dinner I saw the same young lady and amazingly she had retrieved her phone.  She found a diver already in his wet suit and he jumped in.  We got talking to her, her husband and her parents.  We invited them back to our boat.

They came.  They were delightful.  We showed them everything about the boat and they seemed genuinely interested.  Then ... they invited us to see their boat... A Saber 50.  I have never been so humbled.  The boat had "sub zero" fridge and freezer.  The dishwasher was the drawer style.  He took me "downstairs" to the engine room. Twin Cummins (each about the size of a WV Jetta) producing 850 HP each, twin generators that could power NYC, fresh water producer that could do about 500 (I think) gallons a day ... and on and on.

To operate this boat he consumes (wait for it ... wait for it ....) 120 gallons an hour at 30 miles per hour.  At 20 mph he consumes ~60.  Heck, he bought the dingy used and it still cost 20k.

So who was he?  Turns out he was the guy that developed the Frappuccino for Starbucks.  He was the CEO of All Recipes that sold to Readers Digest for a small fortune (actually, not that small).  He had several other startups.

Very humbling but great people.  We had a blast.  BTW:  That young gal that lost her phone was a pediatrician!  I am getting old ...

The neighbors were noisy in the morning!

So I had a video to show off the harbor.  Turns out there is a size limit to what this blog will upload.  Still learning, sorry.

July 18

Yesterday was kind of boring by the standard this trip has set so I will not waste your attention span on it.  Just say we cruised back to Anacortes and had a few minor adjustments to the boat.  However, two things of note did happen.

First, Terri and I met up with a high school classmate of mine for dinner.  I have known her since 1975 and not seen her since 1978.  We had a nice time.  It was cool to catch up.
Meet Allison Pell

The other things of note:  I HAD A CROWN COME OFF!  Dang!  Terri and I were tucking in for the night and she pulled out a caramel treat ... bad move.

July 19

I woke early and found the closest dentist around and went straight to their office.  Walking in I said "I need help".  Explaining I was from NC and headed out on a boat, I needed attention as soon as possible.  They worked me right in.  Poof, 2 hours later all was fixed thus preserving Terri and my plans for the day!  YEA!

Off to Sucia we headed.  OMG, we thought the other parts of the San Juan's were nice.  This is AMAZING!  Could not be more picturesque!  We hiked and boated.  Pictures will tell more than my words:

Hiking on the shoreline

Our views ...


So this next picture I have to make large for you.  Can you guess which boat is ours?

The answer is:  The smallest one in the harbor .... sigh ... 

Anyway, to close I want to share a major victory for us.  Sharing food pics is so "uncool" (just ask my son Colt).  But this picture represents another milestone for us.  This was our first real home cooked meal on the boat.  Prior was simply heating a pizza or sandwiches.  Terri knocked it out of the park with Gnocchi!  It was fantastic.

Tomorrow we had back to Anacortes and prep Terri for her flight home Thursday.  Take care and stay well.







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  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2022 at 11:35 AM

    Janine shared your blog with me.
    Love hearing about Shorebilly Too and your adventures. Safe travels! Cat Baker

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