Poulsbo, Sept. 7 – 9

We left Port Orchard at about 9:45 headed for Poulsbo, or is it “Paulsbo”? Keep reading for the answer to this riviting question!

Leaving the Port Orchard Marina.

Last views of Port Orchard and the foot ferry:

In Dogfish Bay (aka “Liberty Bay” shortly before entering the Poulsbo Marina:

Entering the Poulsbo Marina:

Encore in

Ted’s Joy in

Margie L. in

Welcome to Poulsbo, Little Norway!

A Norwegian welcome.

Shuy’s Bakery.  THE best bakery EVER:

Poulsbo is a wonderful,  little town filled with interesting shops, excellent restaurants, and even a gourmet ice creamery.

This is inside one of Pam’s favorite shops called “The Red Plantation”.

Vince inside his fav., “Longship Marine”.

My old electrical system, wasn’t quite up to snuff and wouldn’t work at the Poulsbo Marina due to their newer GFI electrical system.  Vince bought me (from Longship Marine, of course) a new part, an inverter neutral bus, which he installed in my electricals.  I’m now GFI compliant and can function like all the new boats when it comes to dock power!

Vince installing my new inverter bus.  No butt crack here folks! Just good, old-fashioned know how.

Joy gets a visit from a feathered friend:

Italian for dinner the first night.

Next day, farmers market:

 

View of us from the small park above the marina.

View of the park:

This is Vince visiting with Virgil the tiny tugboat.  Virgil lives at the Poulsbo Marina.

Dinner at Casa Luna the second night.  Joy & Ted ate aboard, but Sylvia & Chester came to Poulsbo for the day.  So the dinner group still numbered 8.

Next day, Pam & Vince went for a walk along the bay:

They took a break to enjoy the morning view of the bay.

And then realized. . .

. . .they’d been in this very spot a little over a year ago! This is a picture of Vince and Pam in Poulsbo July 2017!

After their break, they stopped by the Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse for coffee and a danish:

Mostly a view of the town; but, to the right, you can see the sign for the Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse.

Here’s the view Pam & Vince enjoyed from the coffeehouse.

Next stop following the coffeehouse was the museum where they learned about “Poulsbo” vs. “Paulsbo”:

 

Activity later in the day. . .

Gourmet ice cream! Say whaaaaat?! Pam & Vince must have misbehaved because they’re sitting outside.  You can see Margaret & Mike on the other side of the window and Denise & Tom at the next table further in.

Shuy’s Bakery is a thing of beauty even at night!  Brings tears to my eyes until I remember I prefer diesel not donuts.

The entire gang had dinner at JJ’S Fish House (don’t worry, Vince found pasta with chicken on the menu).  Somehow, Pam forgot to take pictures so there’s a void here in the blog!

But here’s a picture I stole off the internet of the outside of the restaurant.  I thought of using one of the internet pictures of other happy groups eating at JJ’S,  but figured somebody might catch on.

Sandy & Rick joined the group for dinner at JJ’S.   Two nicer people would be hard to find!  Or so Pam and Vince said.

Pam, Vince, and Margaret had met Rick on their way to an art walk in town.  Turned out that he was one of the artists and quite an interesting fellow.  He and his wife, Sandy, lived aboard a 100-year-old boat named Tusitala.  Vince, Ted, and Mike went to see the boat and were treated to wine and snacks.  Before leaving, Rick told each of them to choose a print from his artwork to take with them!

Rick. Sandy, and Vince aboard Tusitala

Tusitala

Vince looking at Rick’s vintage bicycles outside the shop where Rick’s artwork is displayed.

Even though Pam didn’t get any pictures to memorialize it, she said the dinner at JJ’S was great and it was a pleasure to have shared it with Rick and Sandy.

Monday morning, before we left for Port Ludlow, Joy’s feathered friend came back to see us off.  According to one of the marina staff, the little bird has been hanging around for about a week and has been named “Poulsbird”!

First he visited Encore:

Poulsbird on Mike’s hand.

Flying into Encore!

Waiting to be served?

Mike trying to lure Poulsbird out with bread crumbs.

Poulsbird on his way back outside!

Then he visited Pam, Vince, and me:

After everyone said goodbye to Poulsbird and Poulsbo, we set off for Port Ludlow.

See you there!

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