Saturday night around the dinner hour a couple came up to us and
offered their yurt for the night. They had
an unhappy 1-year old, had already paid for their yurt, but felt it was better
to go home early. Bill offered assistance
as they schlepped their gear back over the bridge. The dad was a graduate of
Seattle Pacific, a Christian college in the area. Well we took advantage of the upgraded
accommodations -- our first time in a yurt.
So that was the first gift.
You would think we would be used to roads
that are not straight forward since we are from Boston,
but Seattle
seemed even more complex. Turn right,
next block turn left, turn left again, turn right… Wow. Good thing we had a GPS. After all those turns we arrived at Discovery Park.
Bill took a much needed nap, while Barbara hiked down to the
lighthouse. A really nice trail with a
cool view – snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Next we took a tour of the Boeing Factory. No pictures here. They probably told us ten times that no
cameras or cell phones were allowed, but it was very interesting to see how they
made their biggest airplanes in the largest building by volume in the world.
The day was topped off with our second gift. We mentioned earlier that Bill’s credit card
number was stolen. The bank was willing
to send us a new card, but we needed an address to send it to. Fortunately Barbara was able to touch base
with a fellow letterboxer she communicated with before our trip: Wise
Wanderer. We had the card sent to her
and then she made the special trip to our campsite to deliver the card. What a huge gift that was to us!
Day 6 Stats
Carnation WA to Deception Pass State Park, Oak Harbor WA
