Grays Harbor Historical Seaport (Lady Washington Here Seasonally) — Local services in Aberdeen

We took the 14 hour transit Anacortes to Seattle. Overall a great experience. We boarded at 5:30 am for a 6:00 sail away. We docked in Seattle at 8 pm. It was a very long day and surprisingly exhausting. Who knew being out in the elements would make us feel like that! It didn’t rain but it was cloudy and pretty cold until about 3. I had on a tank top, tshirt, sweatshirt, headband ear warmer and a gortex windbreaker jacket. I could have used one more layer and a pair of warmer gloves and a full on hat.

We saw sea lions, eagles and a humpback whale on this sail.

We got to where we would go under the draw bridges in Seattle about 3:30 and had to hang back until they started opening the bridges up again at 6. So we set sails (we’d motored all the way up so far) and sailed around the sound for a few hours. There were only a dozen passengers on the ship so we were able to stay out of the way reasonably well. I do think it would have been more challenging if there were more of us as there is not a lot of deck space to get out of the way. It was interesting watching the crew climb the ropes & set sails.

We then motored thru the locks and under 3 bridges (2 were drawn bridges that opened up for us 1 was not and it was a tight fit!). We went thru the Ballard locks which was very cool.

We were served coffee, breakfast (pancakes & bacon) and lunch (veggie soup & bread) and chocolate cupcakes towards the end of the sail. It was all delicious. I also packed some apples, cheese, crackers, nuts & bottled water. We definitely needed this as well. There was a limit of 2 pancakes, 1 piece of bacon and 1 piece of bread. So if you go I’d definitely pack food.

The Captain was extremely personable and engaging. She was very experienced and definitely handled the Lady confidently. The mascot Marlon the cat was very friendly and a really nice hand warmer lol. The crew was made up of 9 professional sailors and 7 volunteers on a 2 week program. The “real” sailors were mostly very friendly and very interested in talking about life at sea and serving on the Lady. One of them played music and sang which was quite unexpected and a very nice touch. I really enjoyed that.

If you are offended by the Pride flag she flies then this is not the experience for you. Keep your stereotypes and judgement on shore.

A few suggestions for the Lady Washington if you’re listening.

Do not advertise that we will be assigned a bunk on these transits as we definitely are not. We cannot even use the bunks. The bunks are filled with the personal belongings of the crew. This is where they live and these are their beds. Do not advertise that we will help work the sails or on the ship as we were not allowed to. They invited us to pull on a rope for one brief moment but the crew picked up the rope before we had a chance to participate. Serve better bread and don’t limit it to one slice. Your cook made an excellent veggie soup but that Wonderbread fake white bread was a real turn off. Real crusty bread is easy and cheap to bake or cheap enough to buy. The crew should have eaten their dinner below decks as we were not being served this meal. It was the end of the a long day and that veggie soup had long ago worn off. To watch someone eat when you’re hungry is unpleasant. I know the cook did their best by baking the cupcakes but sugar is not a good substitute and not what I was wanting at all. Dinner should have been included for the passengers. For goodness sake please introduce your crew by name! I guess I could have asked but I didn’t and now I can’t commend those that feel went above and beyond. Plus it makes for a much more social experience if you can use someone’s name while...

FIRST THING OFF ,ALL MY COMMENT * STATEMENT JUST FOR))AT BASE OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS AT SEAPORT ABREEDEN WA AT OLD WEYHAUSER MILL SITE. (@ CROSS SOUTH OF WALMART, BACK STORES WALLS ,(BUILDING)

Bad work experiences there Was totally un organized No order of communication. Have to quit or resign for my safety from office manager jamie 2 totally untrained workers

Both smokers ,wonder around alot in building.

Unfortunately I have changed part of my reviews words.

Because of I promise made 9.24.21 roughly 3.30pm

With my current shortage time employer lady Washington, officials operation CEO Brandi.

I had written down a resignation letter from a scratch paper. With sloppiness hand written.

I didn't hear anything from brandi. As I recall I text message brandi on Tuesday, However I was hoping she would come with probably problems solved.

So I can possibly stay on as a employee of business,

As A carpenter. As I was promised original for up to 2months or possibly longer, if she could find the funds.

I was hoping to stay on get 32 hrs as promise in original new employees hiring on

Myself, Nancy ,Derek

Nancy work in up stair, Marketing, sales,etc Section.

Myself &Derek Was hired on carpenter position We are both signed to carpenter / labor department.

Which I'm so happy & glad to do With pride's & good workmanship.

But brandi,,my boss Never say anything a boards member ,,was going to be there at 1pm ,on Friday 24th

I thought I was just going talk shortage talk about what happened on Monday.

Unfortunately I was running late to get there.

Because I was finished writing & printing out from my email.

A statement * letter Basically what I'm talking about my above statement .

I thought she was going to be there until close time. As in past some days.

Unfortunately I was wrong . So I call her at about 150PM

She have to reschedule me to 3pm. Because she claims on text messages. She busy with WA STATE DNR

so ok I came back at 3PM

She told me go to meeting room. Another member of boards Wanna to talk with me.

I said ok ,a man infor his name is Dave.

Was board member of lady Washington ship.

Then brandi came in , I offer both of them copy what I know from me about work place , And shoryb statement about possibly Aka $$$$$ Is not been possibly in right way.

dave ,,,said they have few check points way. To tracking any information out of way should have been orginal.

Another reason why I'm posting this article statement is

Brandi CEO. Gave me weird vibs,body motivation. When I bought up couple few questions, About myself & what should happen but didn't.

Basically I was caught her lies , Fibes, totally unfortunately miss communication skills, etc

Dave ,I had only good things to say about.

Thanks for hopefully you understand why I post long statement.

Hopefully other boards member & volunteer staff * former volunteer staff

Will back some of my statement.

True or false claims.

Yes my weakness is I don't spell harder , due to on going causes & reasons date to my childhood.

No I was never never abusive by parents or relatives.

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This was by far the most boring “adventure” I have ever been on. False advertising all around. We paid for the brunch tour. So it was extra. They said the cook would be up to take our orders soon and we had Mimosas while you wait. What happened was someone came up and asked if you wanted mimosa or orange juice. You got half a party cup of a beverage. Then they gave you a tiny muffin with orange, cranberry and chocolate in it. No other options. You take it or you don’t. Everyone thought that was an appetizer or something. Nope. That was brunch. Everyone was disappointed and hungry thinking there would be food. Kids were fussy and hungry. It was crowded. They dropped the sails which took quite a while but it was the only movement on the ship. They Used the engine to park in the middle of the harbor and stayed there for two hours not moving. It advertised as sailing around the harbor. Nope. You just sit there. Doing nothing. No music or entertainment. We all just played on our phones. No one hardly spoke. It was quiet and weird. No laughter or fun. The only redeeming fact was there was a cat on board we discovered and got to pet. The staff was very nice but it was just uneventful. Everyone wanted off after it was half over but you had to just sit there. You don’t go below the deck. That’s for the crew. So you take a few photos and wait to get off hiding under the canopy where not everyone fits. Thank goodness it wasn’t raining but it did get pretty hot without any wind. There was a quick history of the ship maybe mid way through that was a fast delivery and if you don’t care about history, it wasn’t interesting. Then it was back to complete silence. They asked for tips as you get off and everyone rushed to eat near by cause we were all so hungry. We were so disappointed after spending the money and driving so far for this. Even if they had just kept the engine going and drove around with the sails down it would have been better. Played some music. Something! Anything! Not an adventure. Just sitting on the water doing nothing and being hungry with a bunch of strangers that don’t want to talk. Don’t book unless you want that experience. The staff does what they can to open and close the sails but beyond that you’re just kind of in their way. I got to help pull a rope for a sail with 6 other people. So,...