September 23, 2018 - Verkommen til Paulsbo!

In Seattle, a soccer match in a neighboring town can involve a couple of ferry rides and a reason to spend some time in "Little Scandinavia".  Poulsbo, located on the Olympic Peninsula is a town of 10,000 located on Puget Sound's Liberty Bay.  Founded by Scandinavian settlers in the late 1800s, it was incorporated in 1907.  The original name Paulsbo, or "Paul's Place", was apparently misread on the petition for a post office!

The M/V Puyallup loading about 200 vehicles at the Kingston ferry terminal prior to heading west to Edmonds. 
 

Mount Rainier was obscured by clouds, but the Seattle skyline was visible from Kingston this day.

The Emerald Princess heads north out of Puget Sound bound first for Vancouver, British Columbia and then points beyond.  The 951' ship is nearly as long as the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carriers.  

September 24, 2018 - Tardy June Stroll

The first day of fall was Saturday, September 22nd.  Summer is officially over.  It seemed like a good time to finish a blog post begun in June, but never completed.  September is the third driest in the year in Seattle.  While it is a month characterized by mostly sunny skies and temperatures around 70 degrees one can still feel that touch of fall in the air and now it is officially here.

June  2nd was a good day for a late spring stroll from around the prominence on which the Alki Point Lighthouse stands.  Starting at Beach Drive SW on the west, around Alki Point to Alki Avenue, it was a good day to take in the blue skies, Olympic Mountains, Mount Rainier, low tide explorers - human and otherwise - shipping and the Space Needle.  This year, summer seemed to start a little earlier.  It didn't wait until after Independence Day to make its' showing as locals are accustomed.  See you next year!