Thursday, June 12, 2008

Sunless in Seattle

Allan, Stephanie, Kazuko, Dave, Braeden, Lauryn and Nanc
Lauryn making the geoduck pee.
Braeden up a tree.
BRRRRRRRRR
Look carefully, there is a fish flying into the crowd.
Space Needle
Ferry and Waterfront
A peek at Mt. Rainer.


We have spent a week at the Fort Lewis, Washington army base campground while visiting Nanc's brother Dave, his wife Kazuko, their son Allan and grandchildren Braeden and Lauryn. Dave is a retired Sargent Major and was able to get us in the campground as guests. We had a great time together in spite of the weather which has been cold and rainy. This has been the coldest June in history with a headline in the Seattle paper yesterday reading "Colder than Siberia!" One thing we decided was that anyone you see here who looks like they have a tan is really just rusty. We had a fun time with Dave and Kazuko and enjoyed the food, especially the home cooked Japanese dinner prepared by Kazuko. We toured the local area and visited Seattle a couple of times. There we went to the Public Market Center and the famous Pike Place Fish Market where they throw the fish. They have made a motivational video, Fish, about how to make your job fun which Nanc had seen at Crown. We also went to the Japanese market where Kazuko does a lot of her shopping. We spent some time on the waterfront and saw the Space Needle, but only got a small glimpse of Mt. Rainer because of the cloudy weather. This was a wonderful relaxing week and it was great getting to spend so much time with Dave and Kazuko who we have seen very little over the years.

1 comment:

Suzann Scott said...

Hi Jim and Nanc,

I have been enjoying reading about your travels and admiring the great pictures. You are living a well deserved and fabulous dream. Give me a call when you get back to the Washington, PA area, and perhaps we can get together.

Love,
Suzann Scott :)