Monday, September 3, 2012 Widbey Island & Seattle/Tocoma

 

We got back into the USA on Tuesday, August 28th, and drove directly to my brother's home on Whidbey Island.  First order of business was to wash the MH and toad; they had a thousand miles of dirt and neglect on both.  Thursday we took a drive around Coupeville.  The first place was the Ebey House/ Landing that is run by the National Park Service and is designated as a National Historic Reserve. 


Not too far from the Ebey House is the lighthouse near Ft. Casey. 

Here's a photo of brother Don's home.  It's Craftsman Style and the photo below is of his shop.  The shop has a small apartment, woodworking area, auto area complete with a car hoist, and a storage area.  His '32 Ford Hi Boy rests in the shop.  You could say the shop is full of toys.

On Friday night, Don and Vicki had a little party for us.  The picture on the left is our niece Nicole (Pickle) and her husband, Brian.  They have three sons.  Nicole is a beautician and Brian owns his own business, rebuilding hydraulic pumps.  His biggest customer is Boeing in Seattle.

Don's ex wife Cheryl and her husband Ed also came to the party.  They are retired and live in Oak Harbor, WA.

The photo to the left is of Michelle and Ed.  Michelle also lives in Oak Harbor and she has two children.  She works for a local road construction company. Her significant other, Jim, was at a wedding in CA this weekend. 

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On Saturday, we drove to Seattle to visit two of Connie's cousins; Rene and Rickie.  First thing after we arrived we drove to Tacoma and went to the LeMay auto museum.  What a museum!  His car collection numbers over 3,000 cars -the largest car collection in the world.  Not all the cars are on display.  He has hundreds of his cars and several other collections; Indy cars, Jaguars, British cars, and alternative fuel cars.

This car is a 1923 Lincoln Touring Car.  It has never been registered, and it has been owned by the same family since they bought it.

This is a 1931 Duesenberg SJ; what a beautiful car!  It was interesting to look at all the different radiator/hood ornaments.

Here we are on the main floor.  There are four floors and ramps on each floor on the outside walls.  The ramps display the special collections.  Go to www.lemaymuseum.org for more info.

This is a 1931 Chevrolet roadster.

 

 

Saturday night we went to dinner at Salty's.  That was an expensive dinner, but Salty's was written up in the Sunset magazine, so I was impressed.  The photo is of Rene and Rickie, Connie's cousins (Mother and Daughter).  It was a very nice dinner.

On Sunday Rickie took us downtown and to the waterfront.  Here's a photo of the new Ferris wheel on the pier.  We also ate at Ivar's, a seafood restaurant on the pier.

Just north of downtown is this great view point of the city and the Space Needle.  Below is Rickie and Connie. 

 

This is a photo of the conservatory at Volunteer Park.  Great flowers, but you saw great flowers on the last post.

A photo of downtown Seattle as seen from Interstate 5.

We drove back to Coupeville on Monday, Labor Day.  Here's a photo of one of the ferries between Whidbey Island and Seattle.  The ride is only about 20 minutes.  More later.