Ferry Rides, Trucks and Fishing

Labor Day weekend and we had no big plans to do anything - just see what the weekend brought us. It turned out awesome! Beautiful weather, spectacular sights and the most wonderful people.

We headed to Seattle and decided to hop on the Ferry to Bremerton and eventually drive over the new Narrows Bridge! Cole has been itching to go over the new bridge.

Like I said, it was a magnificent day for a Ferry ride. Sunny, mostly clear, bright and just that slight hint of Fall that we get this time of year.

I love this city. Loooove it! I spent a lot of my late teens/early twenties exploring this city. When 'grunge' (how I loathe that word) had just hit, and came mainly from Seattle. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, just to name a few. I remember 'clubbing' at The Underground and that other place over by the McDonalds at Seattle Center....... dang! what was the name of that club??

Anyway, beautiful city with magical memories. I got a little nostalgic there for a moment.

Needless to say, Cole takes after Mama with his fear of heights. He loved the thought of a big boat, but getting him out on the deck was almost impossible. He did venture out once or twice to see the Seagulls drifting on the wind and to try and spot any jellyfish, like Shawn did. But his death-grip on my hand was brutal! So he spent most of the ride looking out thru the windows.


Mt. Rainier off in the distance is such a gorgeous sight! The camera tends to not like the mountain for some reason - in every photo it was washed out. Hmmm

The next day we stopped at Shawn's work so he could tie up loose ends. Cole loves the trips to Shawn's work - the huge boxes, the forklifts, the big rigs. What wouldn't a little boy love? He was even more in Heaven when Shawn brought him out to the rigs to hop inside!

It was his first time in a Semi, so you can tell by his smile that he is just elated!

(nothing like the little things in life to make a kid smile)

Heading South back home, Shawn had a special surprise for Cole - Fishing!

We stopped at this quaint little fishing pond in Kent where they raise the fish and let them go for people (mainly kids) to catch. It was the cutest thing! Little girls and boys all sitting out there with their dads, hoping to get a big one. And they had the most awesome tree house!! Made right into a HUGE cedar tree that you climb up into the hollowed-out trunk and up into the tree house itself. When I asked Cole if it was cool, he just said, "It's a little creepy". Okaaayyy..

That was our weekend, in a nutshell. We did buy a croquet set and played a game, but it was a very cheap set so it went back. Anyone have a good, old set that we can buy??

Cheers!