I've been off air for over a month and this reflects both business on my part and the fact that Dot and I had roughly 15 days in Seattle where we attended Flynn's 5th birthday party ... but did many other things besides.
One of our great experiences, courtesy of Emily and Greg, was to spend some days travelling to and from Whidbey Island in Puget sound just to the north of Seattle. It was a lovely place to be despite it being mid-winter and therefore somewhat on the cold side ... but the temperature, and a small snow dump, seemed to place little constraint on our activities. The journeys to and from Lagoon Point, where we stayed in a very nice airbnb rented house, were also interesting and I'll start with the outbound journey. We drove north to Mukilteo near Everett (home to Boeing) to catch the car ferry shown below, which was configured to take a large number of vehicles. Alas, the queue was so long we had to await a second ferry, but the service is frequent with fairly short turnaround times.
A view across Puget sound and waterfront Mukilteo near the jetty.
Some well-known passengers awaiting the ferry.
And an inviting view across to the snow-capped Olympic range.
Here I am with Dot and Ella, all rugged up, while Greg is perhaps less so!
A view of the two-tier car deck.
And here we are approaching Clinton on Whidbey Island. I wonder what share of the vote Hillary achieved in this little town named after her ... or perhaps it's the other way around!
Our drive to Lagoon Point took us past some lovely vistas of Puget sound.
And here is our first view of Lagoon Point from our airbnb accommodation.
AS
One of our great experiences, courtesy of Emily and Greg, was to spend some days travelling to and from Whidbey Island in Puget sound just to the north of Seattle. It was a lovely place to be despite it being mid-winter and therefore somewhat on the cold side ... but the temperature, and a small snow dump, seemed to place little constraint on our activities. The journeys to and from Lagoon Point, where we stayed in a very nice airbnb rented house, were also interesting and I'll start with the outbound journey. We drove north to Mukilteo near Everett (home to Boeing) to catch the car ferry shown below, which was configured to take a large number of vehicles. Alas, the queue was so long we had to await a second ferry, but the service is frequent with fairly short turnaround times.
A view across Puget sound and waterfront Mukilteo near the jetty.
Some well-known passengers awaiting the ferry.
And an inviting view across to the snow-capped Olympic range.
Here I am with Dot and Ella, all rugged up, while Greg is perhaps less so!
A view of the two-tier car deck.
And here we are approaching Clinton on Whidbey Island. I wonder what share of the vote Hillary achieved in this little town named after her ... or perhaps it's the other way around!
Our drive to Lagoon Point took us past some lovely vistas of Puget sound.
And here is our first view of Lagoon Point from our airbnb accommodation.
AS
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