We were able to get a babysitter this evening (thanks Cheryl!), so we went out to dinner in town. Russell used to be known as the "Hell-Hole of the Pacific" in the 1800s due to the drinking and prostitution. Still some drinking going on, but we didn't see any of the other stuff. Russell is now a very nice, small (700 people) town. Some of the buildings (and even trees) date back to the 1840s.
We began our evening at the private "Swordfish Club", as guests of the Motel owner (though we had to put up with a lecture on how he really shouldn't do that, and we could cause a $10,000 fine and so on). Just as we invisioned a fishing club: a lot of blowhards talking about fish and sailing and customs and so on. Lovely view over the harbor, though. We had dinner at the Gables House, which was very nice.
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