Sullivan Bay Lay Day

The big event this morning is cinnamon buns. We placed our order yesterday. Scoping out the general store door via binoculars, Karen was at the store right at 9am, harvesting the sweet treats as the trays were brought into the store from the restaurant.

They were much better than we remembered from two years ago, and rank them at the top of all marina cinnamon buns. A quick nuke, some butter, and all is well with the world.

cinnamon buns on board this fine morning

Our decision to stay a second night was driven by the opportunity to eat off the boat. Karen had reached out to Sullivan Bay earlier in the year to learn the days the restaurant was open. We signed up for dinner when we made moorage reservations, and were happy to find out Friday is prime rib dinner. Rumor has it that we will not be alone as they are sold out tonight for dinner.

In the afternoon, after completing boat chores and walking the docks, we were sitting in the saloon working on the blog when Karen called out “whales breaching!”

Sure enough, out in the bay were two whales breaching. Not once, not twice but both continued multiple times. After a prolonged display of breaching, they turned to flipper slapping. Again, many, many slaps were made by both animals. Next came tail slapping, as one whale started to swim off the other followed in a nose down attitude and gave a continuous display of tail slapping. We lost count at 20. Crowds formed on the docks to watch the action.

In 21 years of cruising the PNW, that was undoubtedly the most amazing display of breaching, flipper and tail slapping we have ever witnessed.

To top off the day, we enjoyed the prime rib dinner held every Friday in season. It was a full house and the meal was very, very good. Even Karen, who is not a red meat person, really enjoyed her meal. The menu was prime rib, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans or broccoli, Yorkshire pudding, Caesar salad and a dessert of fig cake, with a creamy layer topped by a toffee glaze. Kudos to Chef Mark!

great service and great food at sulivan bay

sunset view from sullivan bay