B and The Boys: Come Visit

Everyone keeps saying they will come to visit, but visitors have been few and far between. This weekend we took in two visitors and used them to document all the fun things there are to do here on a nice weekend visit. ( Thanks Mom and Dad for helping with this advertisement)

Welcome to your new vacation home away from home!

Your vacation setting is on the Puget Sound within sight of Mt. Rainier.

Summer is the best time to visit our tiny harbor town.

For the visitors who were trying out our tour package this weekend we began Friday with sightseeing in the harbor, shopping at the cute shops, viewing of the harbor at low tide with a harbor seal playing in the inlet (our visitors suggested the seal was a robot we placed there to enhance their experience-- we will neither admit nor deny such things).

We then lunched at the world famous Tides Tavern (winner of the Farmers Market Chowder cookoff multiple years) and spent the afternoon kayaking and relaxing; ending the day with a cookout.

Saturday we got off to a great start with a walk through the zoo (animals seem to be a theme here). We recommend an early morning zoo trip when the animals are out and about. Feeding the Budgie Buddies was fun though they were shy and some of the kids were disappointed the birds wouldn't come right to them.

This particular weekend became a quest to try as many restaurant fish and chips and chowders as possible. Saturday's contender was Duke's Chowder House on the water in Tacoma. A sunny beautiful setting right on a pier over the water.

Sunday we scheduled a cloudy, cool start to the day. We headed to Bremerton to take the ferry across to Seattle. A walk along the waterfront before boarding led us to find 3 bald eagles fishing from a battleship docked in the harbor. (Again we were accused of setting this up with robotic eagles--- just enjoy the view and don't question how we make it happen). The ferry ride was comfortable with a slight hazy view of the Seattle skyline as we came into dock.

When we arrived at the market the sun was beginning to show through the haze and things were already bustling.

We continued the theme of "culinary quest" with fish and chowder at the Fishman Company on a pier in Seattle. After lunch was a carousel ride ( though with the speed of this carousel this ride is usually recommended before eating-- I didn't know a merry-go-round could go round so fast).

Sunday ended with a marshmellow roast with neighbors at home.

For the final day of our visitors stay we relaxed around the house, lunched in the harbor ( this time Kelly's for fish and chowder) and ended Memorial Day with a cookout of homemade sausages we purchased at the market the day before.

Other activities we managed to pack into the weekend were:

Viewing of the child eating tulips (toddlers please keep away-- this child disappeared soon after the picture was taken.)