May 13

 After spending over a week with Jeff and Marnie they were probably glad to see us go. We headed North into Olympia, Washington to visit Peggy Jamerson. Garry and Peggy worked together years ago and she has remained a close friend.  She graciously drove us around  as we had a few errands to do. We wnet to the Cabala store in Olympia - we needed to pick up some ammunition that Jeff had purchased weeks earlier but which didn't make it home in his shopping bag. We also purchased some bear spray for the trip to Alaska. Then she gave us a tour of Olympia and took us out to a Marina owned by a friend of hers where we sat out in the SUN and had a beer. Then it was on to dinner downtown at the Oyster House as Garry had a yearning for some fresh Oysters. Wonderful dinner and then back to Peggy's for some after dinner conversation. we were unable to fit our camper under her carport so we moved over to an RV storage lot near her house where we spent the night. Her father had taken a fall several days earlier and Peggy had to take him to see a doctor the next day so we had to cut our visit with her short by a day.

We were able to see Peggy for breakfast the next morning and then we headed up to Tacoma where we had decided to visit the Glass Museum. We had been impressed with the Chahuly glass sculptures we had seen in Columbus, IN and at the Milwaukee Art Institute and wanted see more of his work. There is a "hot shop" there where you are able to watch glass makers make the most incredible glass objects. The most impressive thing for me was the "Bridge of Glass" that went over the freeway from the Glass Museum to the Museum of Art.  At the mid point of the bridge there was a huge display case with a wonderful, whimsical display of all kinds of Chahuly glass objects.  We then drove on to Poulsbo where we stopped at  the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort. We were planning on taking a ferry out of Bainbridge Island over to Seattle the next day and the Casino was only 11 miles from the ferry terminal. We checked with Security and they had no problems with us overnighting there. I am sure they were hoping we would leave a lot of money behind in the casino. I did - $ 1.25 at he nickel machines!

You can see the company we were keeping at the Casino!