I don't know why, but on our first ride there were numerous boats trolling right outside the entrance to the harbor. On this trip there were none. I don't know if there was a change in the seasons or some other factor that caused this.
For crew we had my daughter Jennifer, her husband Memo, and grandson Hayden, aged 3.
We just did a short cruise of the inner harbor before going out of the harbor and seeing what we could see out there.
The inner harbor was very crowded. There were many boats at anchor in various places in the inner harbor. There were boats underway, either coming in to the harbor or leaving the harbor. Some of these boats underway were larger boats, some were sail boats, and there were runabouts that looked like they were headed for water skiing.
There were also other kinds of water craft to avoid, such as paddle boards, kayaks, canoes, and these very slender craft that require the operator to kneel on one kneel in order to paddle.
The entrance to Gig Harbor proper is very shallow and is in kind of a "S" curve, so one has to be vigilant and watch for other boats coming or going through there. And I keep a sharp eye on the depth finder as we make our way in and out of the harbor.
In any case we took lunch fixings and had our lunch out in the sunshine on the water.
We went under the Tacoma Narrows bridges, just for fun.
