Dreams and Impressions

Garden Glass and Goals

Our last day in Washington we drove down to Seattle with Neal and Carol. First stop was Chihuly Garden and Glass which is near the Space Needle.

Chihuly has a beautiful indoor gallery.

This one looks like glass floating in a pond.

We have visited 3 other Chihuly garden installations and they all featured a boat floating on a pond.

I love the chandeliers.

Conservatory with hanging glass.

Glass in the garden.

Glass blowing demo.

We enjoyed a Seattle Sounders soccer game. Unfortunately, the Sounders lost.

On our way home. View of Mt. Ranier from our plane.

Mt. Erie Surprise

Lynn’s brother Larry took us on a hike on Mt. Erie.

We enjoyed the beautiful views.

Mountain Guardian sculpture.

The Maiden of Deception Pass pole celebrates the Samish tribe.

On our hike we saw a bridal party walking down. Then we came across this vignette which we thought was part of the wedding. However a photographer came by and told us it is the setting for a proposal.

We had to stick around to witness the proposal. She clearly said “yes”.

Whale Watching

We did an afternoon whale watching cruise with the family. Great views of the islands.

I love the design on this ferry.

Full disclosure, I did not take this photo. It was taken by the cruise guide. These humpback whales were identified by the pattern on their flukes.

Sculpture Forest

We’ve been to sculpture gardens but Price Sculpture Forest in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington is our first forest with sculpture.

The sculpture was sometimes half hidden in the forest so a bit of a scavenger hunt.

These flying fish really blended into the trees.

This one looks like a patch of flowers.

Dinosaur?

Some were more abstract.

One of several similar pieces by the same artist.

Whimsical donation container.

After our walk we had lunch at Ciao restaurant in Coupeville. It was delicious.

Quilts and more

We visited the town of La Conner for its quilt museum but found a lot more.

Memorial to the town dog called Dirty Biter.

Lunch with Neal and Carol on the waterfront.

The quilt museum is in a beautifully restored Victorian mansion. The current exhibit include quilts from Japan.

So many French knots!

Reminds me of Starry Night.

We also visited the Museum of Northwest Art.

Current exhibit was paintings by Arreguin.

I love the art in public spaces.

We ended the day celebrating nephew Kyle’s birthday.

Wedding anniversary

We spent our 38th wedding anniversary with family in Anacortes, WA. Lynn’s brother Larry showed us around Guemes Island where he lives.

We hiked to the summit for the beautiful views.

View from the summit of Guemes.

Larry in front of the house he renovated.

At Neal and Carol’s house they surprised us with a cheesecake and bubbles for our anniversary. Love the amazing view from their house.

Quarantine

On our last afternoon at sea Lynn tested positive for COVID. We were told to quarantine in our stateroom until our ship docked the next morning in Vancouver.

We ordered room service dinner and enjoyed the veranda.

It was a beautiful sea day. Previous sea days had been too wet to enjoy the veranda.

In the morning we boarded a bus for our 10 day isolation at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport hotel.

We had a room with a parking lot view. After asking for a couple of chairs we were able to sit outside on the balcony. There was not comparison to our veranda on the ship. Fortunately, Lynn’s symptoms were mild. I tested negative. After a few days I had cold like symptoms but still tested negative.