Seattle 3rd September 2006

Went to a 1st Birthday Party yesterday. Helena's Granddaughter turned 1. A little party was held in a holiday house that Helena and her two brothers-in-law own on Puget Sound. It was a lovely drive up there through Tacoma. We drove over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge which is a Suspension Bridge the same as the Golden Gate in SanFrancisco, only smaller. We continued on through beautiful tall Fir trees. Blackberry bushes laden with Blackberries everywhere. We went to a part of Puget Sound called Hood Canal. On the way we went into the Belfair Park Camping area, many people were taking advantage of the long week-end over here to camp there. There was every conceivable camping equipment you can imagine plus the big motor homes that people seem to have over here and they were all set up among the tall trees. It looked lovely, but to crowded for my liking.
There were about 13 people plus 5 children at the party. As it was a hot day a lot of them were in swimming. Normally there are Oysters aplenty growing just on the rocks at the waters edge but this year there has been a bad year because of the unseanonably hot weather and there are very few around plus there is something they call Red Algie which makes it very dicy to eat them at the moment. Normally the place is alive with Crabs too, but some whales came in ealier in the year herding seals and the seals ate the crabs, so no crabs this year either !The views were still there though............and they were something else !!
Coming home we drove home part of the way and then put the car on the Bremerton Ferry which took us into Seattle. From there we drove home the rest of the way. I thoroughly enjoyed it all, and by the time Helena and I fell into our beds it was 12.45am, so please excuse any mistakes I have made 'cause I'm still tired. We are going to have an easy day today.
Thanks for comments. Am Still having lots of problems with this computer. No photos yet, sorry!