Airship Goes to Alaska The weather! It's STILL like this here in Sitka! Since Tiffani and Deke left on Sunday morning, we've mostly been depressed catching up on work and boat cleaning and laundry and stuff like that. We ordered an oil filter that'll be here tomorrow, so we'll do our…
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Yesterday morning our friend Cari came into town to see the boat and hang out a bit. We all walked up to the fish market (Olympia Seafood Co.) to stock up before she left. We picked up a dozen Blue Pool oysters (which we ate for lunch), some crab cakes…
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This afternoon I took a little break from work and walked up to the Seattle Public Market for some fresh seafood and produce. City Fish Co. was calling my name (even though the guys closer to the main entrance who do all the yelling and fish-throwing are pretty entertaining): I…
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For raw oysters eaten on the half shell, I normally make some variation on a classic mignoette sauce: champagne vinegar, Prosecco or Champagne, shallots, fresh ground pepper. Since we picked up enough oysters yesterday for more than just one meal, I decided to make a few different sauces, so I…
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We headed out to explore Hood Canal today. We're staying right near the town of Hoodsport on Hood Canal near the Olympic National Forest in Washington. Hoodsport is apparently renowned among SCUBA divers as a staging area to view the giant Pacific octopus (cool!!!) The shores along the canal are mostly rocks and shells…
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Yesterday we headed over to Barleans Fishery with Leigh & Brian to stock up on some local seafood. We picked up some fresh Dungeness crab and Manila clams for dinner last night, and for the freezer, flash frozen fish and shellfish including: scallops, spot prawns, jumbo prawns, halibut, tuna steaks (3.99…
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1. First we ate some sea creatures for lunch at the South Beach Fish Market: We had razor clams, prawns, and halibut fish & chips. 2. Then, we headed over the Oregon Coast Aquarium to look at some sea creatures behind glass. Behold, the giant octopus: Sea nettles, and moon…
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Dinner last night: fresh cooked crab we picked up yesterday in Ilwaco, and a tossed salad with arugula and tomatoes. I made a dip for the crab with light mayo, garlic aioli, a squeeze of lime, and a little bit of Deke's homemade mustard (yum!). We've got crab left over…
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This weekend we're in Florence for my Aunt Zelma's 100th birthday party. We left Portland and it was 102 degrees. We got to Newport and it was 59 degrees. It was sunny and gorgeous, but there was also this thick, fast-moving low bank of fog hugging the coast that was…
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We drove into Ilwaco and grabbed some fish-n-chips (and shrimp-n-chips) at Imperial Seafood on the waterfront. After lunch we headed over to pick up some fresh crab at the fish market a few doors down. Unfortunately, they are closed until mid-May. So we drove a little bit North up 101…
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