Ok well – it’s been exactly a week and I’m just now getting around to finishing posting about Memorial Day Weekend.  You read earlier about Sunday -Monday was just as good.  The water was calm and the wind was nearly down to nothing.  I took the boat out about 0900 and spent three hours jigging for Cod and Kings, hanging out with Dakota and enjoying the solitude of the open water and a thermos of coffee with just a little half and half.

No luck on the fishing, but the time was well spent just having a good time.  About noon or so Aura sent a text saying that

Aura In The Captains Chair

if I was taking the boat out she was in.  I text her back saying bring lunch and beer and I’d be back at the harbor at 1230 to pick her up.  Perfect timing – she was there with an assortment of lunch items and snacks and some beverages.

We headed back up to Unalaska Bay and floated between Hog Island and Eider Point for a few hours.  Lunch was good, and the next three hours we fished and enjoyed a day on the water.

Just before heading in we were met by two Alaska State Troopers.  They were out on the water enforcing safe boating rules and regulations.  They noted a few items I did not have and gave me booklet that outlined what a boat of my size needed to have.  They let me go with a ‘have a nice day’ and we were off.  It was time to head back to land and call it a day.  (almost)

USS Northwestern - Captains Bay, Unalaska

Glenn, one of our employees at the hotel was leaving on vacation in a few days and for the last two years has wanted to go out on the boat with me, but never really had the time.  So later in the evening we went out for one last Memorial Day cruise around the island.

We went down to the USS Northwestern at the end of Captains Bay, zipped through a few of the small islands there.  The tide was nice and high so we maneuvered around and I grabbed this shot of the ships bow which remains out of water despite the fact is was supposed to be sunk in deeper water but drifted shallow before sinking.  We then went around to Unalaska proper and took a look at the old church that almost everyone identifies with Unalaska there off of front beach.

We kept it short, it was nearly 10pm and the wind was picking up, but it was fun and he was happy to finally get on the water.   The day ended with a few beers down at

Russian Orthodox Church, Unalaska - Alaska 2010

the Harbor View Inn (Unisea Inn) and then some more relaxing time at home.  Tuesday was just another work day.