So going back to last year...at the beginning of November, 2018 we boarded a plane in Shreveport and by the end of the day we were on a ferry crossing the Puget Sound in Washington state! What an experience - the views in the Pacific Northwest are stunning and the best part was...we were with our girl!! It had only been three months since she left, but it felt like a lot longer. She lives in a great apartment with a hotel right across the street that we stayed in. Several things she had planned for us were the Space Needle, Wings Over Washington, a tour of the destroyer USS Turner Joy, a distillery/brewery tour and tasting on Bainbridge Island, a lock and dam boat tour and several of her favorite restaurants. We also took a ride down to Oregon and had lunch with one of my Words With Friends friends that I've been playing with for years - the first one of the few "strangers" that I play regularly I've ever met! We had such a wonderful time and it was hard to leave her again (I teared up coming and going), but we'll see her again soon.
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| Mum spent the night and took us to the airport early Thursday morning. Haley enjoyed the ride! |
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| Saw my friend, Corrine, at the Shreveport airport and ran into her again at the Dallas airport! She was headed to Norway to visit her family. |
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| KATIE!!!! Waiting for the ferry from Seattle to Bremerton. |
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| Got out of the car on the ferry to take in the views. It got pretty chilly so we didn't stay out long! |
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| Katie's car behind all the motorcycles |
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| Dinner the first night at the Horse and Cow Pub and Grill. So many places within walking distance. |
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| Headed to her apartment in the snazzy, newly remodeled building |
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| Didn't take him long to find his spot...even if it meant kicking Katie out of her chair! |
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| We left Kenneth sleeping in the chair and went to the Fred Meyer! |
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| Leaving the Bremerton port which was also walking distance from the hotel |
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| We rode the ferry every day and it never got old. Kenneth had a lot to look at. |
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| On our first ride this beautiful rainbow stayed in the sky almost the entire trip. At one point there was a faint second one. |
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| All these folks herd on and off this ferry every day for work and play. Old hat to them, but quite an experience for me! |
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| Shopping with Katie is always fun! |
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| Views from the Space Needle |
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| He sat in this chair and let the rotation of the Needle take him around to see all the views! |
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| Wings Over Washington beginning. |
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| When we got in and strapped down, I snapped a pic and got into trouble - no photos!! If you ever go to Seattle, do this! It was great...probably one of Kenneth's favorite things we did. |
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| Elaine and Kenneth with the big ferris wheel. That's about all of it we wanted. |
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| Katie and I slipped off during another one of Kenneth's naps/TV times to visit Poulsbo. A really cute little town, but so crowded we couldn't even find a parking spot. No lie. No parking anywhere so no shopping for us. |
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| Instead we went and ate sushi!!! |
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| On our way to tour the USS Turner Joy |
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| Kenneth enjoying another ferry ride |
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| Yummy lunch at Ivar's before the Lock and Dam Tour |
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| Headed into the lock |
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| Very interesting house boat community |
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| Seattle from the other side after our tour. The boat took us all the way around the city and we had to take a bus back to the ferry terminal. |
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| Beautiful sunset over Puget Sound |
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| Bremerton ferry terminal all lit up |
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| Saw a sign for Multnomah Falls and thought this was it, but there were SO MANY!! So pretty... |
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| Riding along the Columbia River |
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| We kept crossing from Oregon to Washington, Washington to Oregon |
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| Skamania Lodge where we met Bill and Wendy for lunch. Gorgeous views of which I failed to take any pictures of. |
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| Bill, Wendy, Katie, Elaine and Kenneth...you can see a part of that stunning view!! Fun lunch with new, old friends! |
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| This bridge was featured in the movie "Wild". |
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| After lunch, a little shopping... |
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| And a little gambling with some winning!! |
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| The local brewery makes this beer for the Line and Lure Restaurant at the casino. It's the only place you can get it and it was a really good beer. |
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| Katie got chicken and waffles on the way to the airport. It was enough chicken for her breakfast and three more meals! |
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| Two more states added!! |
Here are a few pics of our tour of the USS Turner Joy...
