More specifically, we are at the famcamp at Joint Base Hill … still referred to by most people as Hill Air Force Base … just as it was back in the 1980s when Mui was stationed here for a couple of years.
Seattle welcomed us back from our Alaska cruise (post here) with ever-brightening light that led to blue skies, sunshine, and comfy temps … quite a bit different from our send off a week ago. The nice weather confirmed our tentative plans to do a bit of sightseeing in Seattle before heading home to the Phaeton … patiently waiting for us in Gig Harbor.
Elliott Bay Marina from our veranda … it looks so much
better with bright light and the promise of blue skies.
Just got back from Alaska. But it wasn’t a road trip. Rather, we took a quickie cruise from which we disembarked earlier today. We still have a few days in Gig Harbor, but we’ll be busy with preparations to depart Washington for the continuation of our road trip … the return leg back to Houston … following a different route. We’ll probably do some walks in and around Gig Harbor, but unless we do something exciting, I won’t be writing about those days.
In the meantime, this will be a really short post to catch up on the days since I last wrote.
Our destination today was the Museum of Flight in Tukwila, which borders Seattle to the north. We had a date to visit with friends in the afternoon, so we left home early. The plan was to be at the museum when the doors opened at 9:00a to maximize our time. Luckily, the Sunday traffic was manageable and we did not have any delays to contend with.
We were going to do today’s outing yesterday, but the forecast for Eatonville was showing a high probability of rain. Not optimum for wildlife viewing. So we postponed our plans to today. Thus, we began the new month with a day trip that took us to see some of the animals native to the Pacific Northwest in a second growth forest setting.
