Seattle

Puget Sound from Seattle Waterfront

While we were in Enumclaw, we spent a day visiting Seattle. We found parking along the waterfront after we finally figured out how to buy a parking ticket from a machine. This was not the usual parking lot, but a city street. We walked the waterfront for about three blocks to get to the famous Pike's Place Public Farmers Market. It was quite an experience, especially if one has never seen the fish vendors throw the fish from an iced area in the front of the booth to another guy who does whatever to it and packages it up for travel. Travel being short (one's trip to a home in Washington or long term (air flight to Washington, D.C. that is!) Joan purchased what if I can think of it was a salmon belly? Jump in and comment as I am still not sure what it was.

Pike's Place Public Market

It was a fun place to visit. Leaving the market and heading North-West, we stopped at one of the locks that allow boats of all size and shapes to go from Puget Sound into Lake Washington. It was so busy!. The locks are in operation 24 hours a day! While there we crossed the locks and went down into a "Fish Ladder". This ladder allows the salmon to get through the locks to go upstream to spawn. Although we saw some salmon, we were told that in August the activity would increase. Tug Boat entering a lock

We ate lunch in a quaint seafood restaurant across the street from the locks before we started our trek back to the fairground. Today we spent the day driving around Camano Island. I won't tattle on someone, but some gal in the car lost several beautiful shells she had gathered. Busy day planned for tomorrow. We are taking the ferry to Friday Harbor. I better get some shut-eye as 6 a.m. comes early and we have an hour's drive, plus we have to be in line at least 1-1/2 hour before boarding the ferry. Nitey-Nitey!