Things

I did not see in OK.

1. Right straight across the street from Emily's dance studio is this ship sitting at the Dakota Creek shipyards. I guess it is a ship, I know it looks odd out of the water. Since we have been here, the gold propellers and red smokestacks have been added and they have just started to paint the sides of the ship. There are always people watching the progress. I could say it is not everyday you see a ship sitting on dry land but 5 of every 7 days is. . . . . . . . . .like everyday.

We're back

to the Northwest. Or blogging. Whatever.

If I never see another cardboard box again it will be too soon. I have not one photo of a mountain of boxes and it wasn't faith that moved that mountain. Moving is a workout. Sweat and heavy lifting. I can watch that on The Biggest Loser.

It all began the last day of August. We hopped a plane before the sun was up to have lunch in Seattle. Took a whirlwind tour of our former life in West Seattle.

Ahh, you can see what's in the water.
Cool and clear. Always skeptical when I can't see what's in the water. (Ever seen the snapping turtles at the Aquarium?)

The truck full of boxes was in no hurry so took an Anacortes tour too.

Summer was coming to an end but those boxes were on their way. Emily went to school and took a vacation from unpacking.



It is impossible not to think about boats while on this island. They're in the driveways, the roads, the parking lots and surprise. . . . .the water.

We should get this for our firstborn?

Lonny and I had lunch in Seattle. Again.

All the birds lined up

to wait for a french fry.

We took a trip north.

The Canada Place or Vancouver's World Trade Centre. It's a building, not a cruise ship.

And yeah, that is a Chevron sign out there. The seaplanes were refueling.

Sunset on Whidbey Island

at Deception Pass State Park.

Washington Park in Anacortes

and the San Juan Islands in the distance.

People that have never been to the Northwest always say, "doesn't it rain there all the time." The answer is no. I guess you should define all the time though. Could it rain any day? I guess. Does it rain every day? No. (The bluest sky you've ever seen is in Seattle. That would be the background music in my head when I see the blue sky in WA) Is it raining right now? No, but the day is not over.