Our second hop off the Emerald City Trolley in Seattle was Pike Place Market. Whenever we talkegd to anyone who lived in the Seattle area we would ask them what we should see. Pike Place Market was always first on their list. Then they would add, “but don’t go there on the weekend.” So – of …
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Emerald City Trolley in Seattle, Washington
Although we have been close to Seattle for the last four months, we had not gone into Seattle for a visit. So we felt it was important to check out the city before moving on from the Pacific Northwest. With Johnny and Val, Tom and I decided that the best way to see the downtown …
Waiting for the Amtrak Train
Tom and I are sitting in an Amtrak Station. We love to ride the train, but we have yet to ride an Amtrak train that arrived on time. Today a culvert collapsed in Tacoma, damaging the tracks and making it impossible for any trains to get through. So we are waiting for a bus to …
Winthrop, Washington: A Visit to the Old West
While driving out of the North Cascades complex, we passed through the town of Winthrop, Washington. We were not planning on stopping in Winthrop, but the appearance of the town surprised and charmed us so much that we couldn’t resist. Winthrop is an Old West Town located on Washington State Route 20. Town ordinance 15 …
Singing the Songs of God with Joy!
I love singing, especially in church. Whenever I sing a hymn or praise song I remember other times I have sung that song. I think about the first time I sang the song. Music touches my mind and heart in ways nothing else does. So I love to sing the songs of God. On a …
Deception Pass State Park, Washington
Tom and I left San Juan Island a week ago, although we didn’t travel far. We drove the RV onto the ferry, got off in Anacortes, and drove 17 miles south to Whidbey Island. We are staying at North Whidbey RV Park (more on that later) for a week while we explore northern Washington. After …
City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong
Do you like mysteries with a strong female detective in an unusual setting? I do! So I loved discovering the novel “City of the Lost” by Kelley Armstrong. It is the first book in the Casey Duncan series. Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a guilty secret: she killed a man but was never …
Let Me Die Loving
I recently read a lovely poem by Samuel Hall Young called “Into the Sunset.” Here is the poem: Let me die, working. Still tackling plans unfinished, tasks undone! Clean to its end, swift may my race be run. No laggard steps, no faltering, no shirking; Let me die, working! Let me die, thinking. Let me …
Yellow Jackets Attack: The Sting of the Wild
It seems like every park Tom and I work at has a different kind of stinging or biting insect. In Death Valley the buffalo gnats stung us. In Minnesota the mosquitoes and biting black flies pestered us. At Fort Frederica the sand gnats tormented us. We thought we had escaped all these stinging and biting …
Kinsol Trestle on the Cowichan Valley Trail
Although Tom and I did not ride the tandem on Tuesday after our long ride last Monday, we did have one more spot to visit on the Cowichan Valley Trail: the Kinsol Trestle. We saw pictures of the trestle when doing our research on the trail and knew we wanted to see it. Fortunately there …