Patty is 62. She was born and raised in Seattle, and graduated from Ingraham High School in 1964 and Western Washington State College in 1968.  We met and married at Western Washington State College.

She taught English as a Foreign Language in Turkey in the Peace Corps, and taught elementary school in Camden, New Jersey, for five years. These days she is pretty much a full time homemaker. OK, she is also now a scrubstitute teacher, which pays for a few fun things...

Patty collects crab stuff!  There is not a surface, horizontal or vertical, inside or out, at Birch Bay on which there is room for much more, but that does not deter her. Thanks to all our C-Brat friends who keep an eye out for crabby stuff for her. She like the real things too, but crabbing is not what it used to be, with highly restricted seasons and catch limits.

Patty thankfully enjoys crusing on Daydream as much as I do, gets about 50% of the time at the helm, and has taken the boat out by herself.  For her, it is more about the destination than the journey. Her idea of heaven is a sundowner in the cockpit swinging on the hook in Matia Cove listening to a Javier Van Velthoven classical guitar CD.  And she has been a good sport humoring me about overnighting on Crabby Lou.  Her goal is to cruise the Sea of Cortes some day.