Seattle is big, busy, exciting, overwhelming. We weren’t prepared for it. Besides it was raining – the first day of “winter”. We took the opportunity to visit the Tahoma National Cemetery and the final resting place of Gilbert, a swing dance friend who served in the Persian Gulf and was killed in Iraq in 2003. Then we made our way to the Historic Ships Wharf and spent a wonderful hour touring a 1909 houseboat furnished in the Edwardian style. At the suggestion of the host we lunched at Ivar’s Salmon House then headed out of town. The traffic was horrendous but we finally escaped from I-5 and onto US 101 and found shelter from the rain in Shelton, WA.
I spent a lot of time in Seattle at the Silver Cloud Inn just off of lake union. I used to enjoy watching the seaplanes taking off and landing on the lake. Some day I will get back there and enjoy it.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
Looks like fantastic conditions for a polarizing filter on the camera.
The fish and chips look fantastic!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 – 11:32 AM
I spent a lot of time in Seattle at the Silver Cloud Inn just off of lake union. I used to enjoy watching the seaplanes taking off and landing on the lake. Some day I will get back there and enjoy it.
Hey Steve and Karen!
I’m glad you are having such a great time! We would love to see a close up of Gil’s headstone if you have one!
Jamie