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West Coast Interlude (8/16/23)

Bob and I left our Bozeman housesit shortly after 4:00 pm on Monday, August 14, to drop the homeowners’ car at the airport for their use when they flew in later that night and then headed out for a 3 hour drive to Missoula, Montana. We only spent the night there (home to the University of Montana and 2nd largest city in the state). Tuesday, we were off early for a 7+ hour drive to Kent, Washington (a southern suburb of Seattle) for a meet-up with Beth’s cousin and his wife.

Jennifer, Beth, and Kris, at their new house in Kent. They fixed us an awesome meal of Pacific Coast salmon!

Jennifer and Kris also recommended a local site that Bob might want to see. We stopped by this am after we left their house, but we couldn’t get Bob in the photo, as there was no available parking in the area, and the parking police were out.

Driving into Seattle from Kent
Meet the Fremont Troll, located under the north end of the George Washington Memorial Bridge

We are spending 3 days in La Conner, Washington, before our next housesit in Sidney, Vancouver Island, Canada. La Conner is a small town (population 965) in Skagit County, in the far upper northwestern corner of Washington state. It is located on the Salish Sea between Seattle and Vancouver. We’re staying in the historic Hotel Planter on the main road in La Conner.

Historic, so no AC, which is unfortunate
with the current heat advisory for the area.
A portion of our room, fan included!
Looking down the Swinomish Channel of the Salish Sea
towards the Rainbow Bridge
Walking along the boardwalk along the channel
A better view of the boardwalk
Boats moored and motoring
Public art along the boardwalk
La Conner Lodge along the channel
More boats moored along the channel
A shop along the main street
The couple for whom La Conner is named
Peace Park with the Silent Words, Peace Dove,
and Could You Have Been Her statues
Peace related sayings on the rocks at the back of Peace Park

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