Water Street Hotel Port Townsend

Wednesday we drove north to Everett to visit the Boeing. We took a tour of the 472 million cubic foot plant. Well, not exactly... we saw two sections of it. It's amazing to see how many planes are inside and how the process all comes together. We saw the new 787 Dreamliners being assembled. And we saw the Dream Lifter - a modified aircraft that can ...

Well, another oil change and a new front tire. Skagit Valley Polaris folks couldn't be nicer. My, how the money flies. Hard to believe the big fella is over 13,000 mi old now. Ran an errand in Bellingham and now riding south along the coast (Chuckanut Dr and Rte 11 - ah, the evergreen scent) to Anacortes. The road is glorious with twisties ...

... Washington. What a beautiful location! Surrounded by lakes, rivers, and mountains, one of them including Mt. Baker, it is one of the most picturesque places I have been to. After ooing and awwing at his collection of classic planes, models, and cars, I was invited to fly in his biplane. Unfortunately, they had some problems getting the plane started, but it didnät matter, I was able to fly in an equally beautiful plane, a 1936 Fairchild (colors ...

... straight to La Conner, with only one stop for gas. We had done a little research on places to stay but the first B&B seemed too far from town so we just kept going. We came to Katy's Inn and all fell in love with the place. It was a Victorian home, right in town and beautifully kept and decorated. Built by Capt John Peck in 1876 it appeared to have been preserved perfectly since then. We got two rooms, the ...

... until he died. Many of our readers will remember him as a gentle and kind man who was dedicated to increasing Friends Committee on National Legislation's lobbying on environmental legislative issues. It was great spending time with his daughter and getting to know her and Clint in the way only living with people for a couple of days can bring. An example of the generosity of those we meet was when, at the table, we were talking of the need for a small tripod for our ...

Then I went back home to Seattle ...

... to Taiwan to visit his ailing mother-in-law whom had recently suffered a stroke. Despite the tragic circumstances of our meeting we made fast friends. In the manner of true bookish people he was easy going and also easy to laugh at whatever inane comment I might have. Though he rarely asked any questions of myself he was pleased enough to answer questions and keep conversation while we waited in que. Once we were in the air my horde of ...

... norms, but refuses to be anyone other than Jessie. Ever. She never makes apologies for who she is or what she believes; never stops the quest for a world where equality and justice mean more than anything else. People were drawn to Jessie throughout the trip and why not? She's absolutely hilarious, tremendous amounts of fun, up for any adventure and she has that curly hair that astounded so many. I've relearned that travel is hard because it brings out the most ...

... place to call home for a few days. It is right at the end of the street in the city and looks like a small spit of land. In addition to the Marina, spit of land and RV park there are a number of wonderful restaurants not only in the city area but on the spit as well. I went to one called Otter Crossing and had a veggie with crème cheese sandwich which was perfectly filling. I enjoyed the feeling of the place so much I took a picture ...

... Green Tortoise hostel late afternoon and rushed back out again to see a baseball game. We watched Seattle Mariners play Cleveland Indians. Cleveland Indians are the team that we watched a couple of times when we worked at Cedar Point so we have a soft spot for them. Luckily for us they beat Seattle, and the tickets were only $13 each. We could also move about anywhere in the ground so changed our ...