Deadliest Catch Time!!

You can imagine our surprise when we found out that some of the deckhands from the show were going to be at the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden. Yes, within 2 miles from our house!!! Talk about exciting!!!

David and Amber with Travis Arket from the North American


Troy "Chief" Hale from the Cornelia Marie, Tabitha, Amy, David, Travis Lofland from the Time Bandit, Jake Jolibois from the Kodiak and Travis Arket laying across the table. I tell you, these guys are a riot.

The next day Amber wandered over to the booth to see if any one else new showed up. And she got to meet:

Scott Hilstrand from the Time Bandit and Ryan Simpson from the Cornelia Marie

Amber has been working at the fair all week as a "greeter" - which means she was scanning tickets at the entrance.


And Friday, Tabitha was singing the National Anthem's of Canada and the United States.

When we went to get our fair admission tickets (and reserved parking pass - LOVE IT!!) we discovered that someone had put tickets in there for that evenings concert - Credence Clearwater Revisited. Honestly, it's not our era of music but we enjoyed it and did know some of the songs.


Unfortunately, the fair turned bad on Saturday night - there was a shooting. And yes, we were there. It's a small fair so really, anywhere at the fair is close by where this happened. 3 people were shot and 1 person was stabbed. Not a lot of details are being released right now but the suspect was apprehended - he was 15 years old!! And yes, they feel it was gang related. No kidding! The kinds of people that were at the fair on Saturday night were such a different crowd then Friday.

All the police, sheriff, border patrol, fire department and security were amazing in the way they handled the situation. I am sure this will be quite the controversy for a long time in little old Lynden.