Test Sail in Seattle.

Okay, I like this title because it kind of sounds like "Sleepless in Seattle" if you say it ten times fast. I'm just clever like that ;)

Plus, we got to see the Sleepless in Seattle boathouse up close because our boat was docked about 20 feet away. So the title is just perfectly fitting.

view from our boat and the house is on the end :)

Okay anyway, we went up to Seattle this weekend to test sail our boat. Oh my goodness, we love it SO much.

It definitely needs some love because it hasn't been sailed in over a year, but it really is in good shape considering it's almost as old as me!

amazing view of Seattle!!

Landon steered most of the time because I was a little bit nervous about being in control of a boat that huge... but our broker and Landon made me do it. Well it ended being so much fun! I've only ever driven a boat with a tiller before (a long stick) so steering with a wheel was weird and totally threw me off. With a tiller, you push it the opposite way you want the boat to move... and it took me a LONG time to get the hang of that. So now my brain thinks the opposite way, so driving with a wheel like a car was tricky for me.

We can't wait until this beauty is officially ours! We should close in about a week! After that the boat will be loaded on a huge semi and taken to Portland. We're hoping to have the boat in its slip by Thanksgiving.

After the test sail, we decided to go to Pike's Market. Seattle is so awesome. We really want to move there!

The disgusting, but awesome gum wall

We went to dinner at Ivars and it was SO good. Landon lived in Washington when he was little so that place is full of childhood memories for him.

It was definitely a weekend to remember :)