Patty in Seattle

 

Olympic Sculpture Park

Patty at the Olympic Sculpture Park

Olympic Sculpture Park

Steve’s mother Patty came to stay with us for 10 days (9/4 to 9/14/) from Bay City Michigan.  Steve assigned Jordan 3 days to act as tour guide.  On the first of those days, Patty & Jordan took light rail to Pioneer Square.  They looked at the newly renovated King Street Station, toured the Klondike Gold Rush Museum & the Waterfall Garden, had lunch at the Grand Central Bakery in the Grand Central Hotel & rode in an antiquated elevator to the observation deck on the 42nd floor of the Smith Tower.  All of these structures were built 100 or more years ago.  Then they walked to the Pike Place Market & on up the waterfront to the Olympic Structure Park.  They were out for 5 hours & covered 3 miles.

Patty, Steve & Jordan drove to Lynnwood, a suburb of Seattle, to have dinner at the home of Steve’s friends Gary & Kevin.  Meat loaf, green salad with apples, dried cranberries & green beans were served. Kevin was on the paleo diet, so there was no starch.  We brought bread, which wasn’t served until Steve made Gary fetch it from the kitchen.

Seattle Japanese Garden
 

Patty at the Seattle Japanese Garden

Seattle Japanese Garden

Patty & Jordan went to Bradner Gardens Park where Jordan had a plot in the community garden. Patty wandered around while Jordan watered.  Then they walked down to Lake Washington through Colman Park, very nearby.  They had lunch at the Hi Spot in Madrona & walked around the small business district there.  Next they went to the Washington Park Arboretum & walked through the Japanese Garden & the Pacific Connections Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum.

Pacific Connections Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum

Patty & Jordan went to visit Jordan's parents Colleen & Seth in West Seattle.  On the way there, they toured the South Seattle College Arboretum & the Seattle Chinese Garden.  They took Colleen to Endolyne Joe’s for lunch, a restaurant near the Fauntleroy ferry dock.  Then Patty & Jordan drove to Schmitz Park Preserve where they walked through the ravine down to Alki Beach on Puget Sound.  They strolled along the promenade beside the beach.  It was high tide & breezy.  The waves slapped against the thin strip of beach.

South Seattle College Arboretum

South Seattle College Arboretum 

Seattle Chinese Garden

Steve took half a day off on Thursday.  He took Patty & Jordan to the state fair in Puyallup, a suburb of Tacoma.  Jordan got free tickets from Colleen, who got them from a woman in her building.  It was warm, but not hot.  We saw lots of cows & also a few goats, alpacas & llamas.  There were few displays of produce.  Mostly there were commercial displays of various products & businesses.  We did not look at those.  We didn’t stay long at the fair.  We had dinner at Matador, a Mexican restaurant in Tacoma.

Washington State Fair in Puyallup

Patty & Steve at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup

Washington State Fair in Puyallup

Steve had Friday off.  He took Patty & Jordan to the Triangle Recreation Camp, which is located in the Cascade Mountains, on the South Fork Stillaguamish River, in Snohomish County.  We were there less than 24 hours.  We walked around the campground, ate dinner, made a campfire & talked with Dean, who shares the campsite with Steve & Rusty.  Then they took Patty to a nearby B&B to spend the night.  She balked at sleeping in the tent when she heard the temperature had been 38 the night before.  It was cold that night. We picked her up in the morning & brought her back to the campground.  Jordan collected moss & mossy logs for our garden.  Steve & Patty gathered up camp gear to bring home.

Rusty was away in St Louis, where his mother died on the last day of Patty's visit.

Here are more photos of Patty in Seattle.

Triangle Recreation Camp

Patty at the Triangle Recreation Camp