Traveling yonder, to the Pacific Northwest

During the last five days we were lucky enough to visit Dunc, Bets and fam in Seattle, whilst staying in a romantic  cottage on Vashon Island, overlooking Puget Sound.  Being in the cottage was a lot like being on a houseboat, in that everywhere we looked there was water--calm, peaceful, clear, beautiful water.

 View from our livingroom window

 View from our bedroom window

View from our deck

You get the picture, right?  We even had a friendly neighborhood crane, a cat who came with the house (after we let him in he went into our bedroom and took a nap on the bed), and a sea lion who popped his head out of the water regularly while we were there.

But most of all, we got to see these guys:

And we got to eat a lot of delicious food, Seattle-style.

We also got to drive in ye olde car (which looks even better than it did before we bequeathed it to Dunc and Bets, if that's possible).

We went to Pike Place Market, where Dunc talked a lady into taking this photo of us, and she didn't even run away with my phone!  Impressive, non-stealing, high-integrity Seattle-ite!

We got really good at taking the ferry to and fro, and we learned that it is not appropriate to prop your infant up on the handrail during the ride over to the island.



 

Highlight of the trip:  La Boucherie!  We had an amazing and healthy meal, and the proprietress remembered Duncan and Betsy.  We reminisced about the wedding!  A lot!

We did get to spend some time with the rest of the family, and tried (with varying degrees of success) to take portraits of each family member.

(Sometimes fuzzy photos look better if you make them really small.  Clarence obviously does not like to have his photo taken.)

In conclusion, we had fun!  Can't wait to come back again real soon...