When we arrived at Keystone we went through our normal set up routine. However, we had no power. Ron was sure he had us plugged in correctly, but went to check that he had switched on the right breaker. Still no power. After a little more checking he noticed that the fuse had come loose from the transformer. We got on the phone to Puget Power and they sent a crew out to check on the problem. Turns out there was a whole in the top of the transformer and water had gotten into it. Now we needed another crew to come and replace the transformer. After several hours of excitement we had power.
On Saturday we had some sunshine so the girls decided to head into the Coupeville Farmers Market. It was a busy place with lots of vendors and lots of shoppers. We also discovered that the town was celebrating the Penn Cove Water Festival. The Victoria Clipper had stopped by, which I don't think it usually does. It must have been a special celebration stop for them.
In town there were more booths with information about the area as well as crafts for sale. We got there just in time to hear this group sing. As we walked up they were talking about the Chetzemoka ferry, which is the new ferry on the Keystone, now called Coupeville, to Port Townsend run. Evidently the Salish ferry will be joining it this summer and then the Chetzemoka will be leaving and a different one will come to Keystone. Oh, the ferry shuffle is on. People have waited a long time for the Chetzemoka ferry to arrive here and I'm sure they are sad to hear that it will be leaving all ready.
This is Russell Morton. He is an advocate for clean water and has been working on a major art piece called Four Season of Water. This is a very time consuming beaded project. He began in January of 2006 and figures he is about half way done. The piece is 5X15 feet, and will use about 3 million beads and 15,000 yards of thread.
This is a close-up showing the area he is working on now. We learned a new campsite recipe while we were in Arizona. The Canadians call it "Bun du jour". First Ron had to make the sticks that we needed for the process. Next you take a Pillsbury "Grand" bun and mold it over the stick. It looks like Jennie is about finished with hers and ready to start cooking. Notice we are still having a little sunshine. We decided to get our outside dinner cooked while we could.
A few hot briquettes and we are ready to cook. It's kind of like toasting marshmallows, but you don't want to rush it as the dough has to cook all the way through.
Once finished you carefully slide the bun off the stick and begin filling it with goodies. Tonight we had taco fillings and also shrimp fillings. Put in a little of this and a little of that and then mmmmm, they are ready to eat.
A few hot briquettes and we are ready to cook. It's kind of like toasting marshmallows, but you don't want to rush it as the dough has to cook all the way through.
Once finished you carefully slide the bun off the stick and begin filling it with goodies. Tonight we had taco fillings and also shrimp fillings. Put in a little of this and a little of that and then mmmmm, they are ready to eat.
Brad is having his dessert "Bun'" We had blueberries, peaches, apples and whipped cream to put in them. I see Bead has a blueberry on top, but I think he actually put a little of all the fruits inside. This turned out to be a fun dinner. We are already talking about different things we could use for the filling. How about a "Breakfast Bun" with bacon and eggs? Yummy!
We were going to go out shrimping, but look what the weather did AGAIN!!! The rain, wind and fog moved in, so we stayed in the RVs. Brad brought his boat, but it only got wet from the rain and not the salt water.
Will and Jennie's trailer in the rain. Where, oh where, is that sunshine?
