This past weekend, along with the non-stop rain, friends from Midland joined us for a quick view of Seattle (through windshield wipers!). We did have the best time, and just pretended it wasn't even damp outside. One of the sites we wanted to do before we finished here was go through the Ballard Locks..so we 4 boarded an Argosy boat and did that very thing...this pic shows the locks opening between the salt water of Puget Sound and the fresh water on the other side--quite a treat for all of us. In addition, the next day we returned and walked across the lock, hoping to see the salmon in the fish ladders--but it was the very end of the season, so we headed for Issa-
quah (still in the rain), and were able to see hundreds of salmon from the bridge over Issaquah creek. (That means that it was one year ago that we came for a visit, had our first glimpse of this area where we would be living for the coming year, and saw the salmon spawning in Issaquah for the first time! My, how the year has flown by!) Thanks, Jim & Sandy, for being such good sports, and sharing our countryside with us in the rain!
Once again, the rain didn't deter us from sharing lunch...such things as fish 'n chips, ploughman's lunch, trifle and sticky pudding--oh yummy! (eat your heart out, Jo and Carla!) at the British Pantry in Redmond, with our Associate Pastor, Becki Barrett, and her delightful mum, Pat. (Pat's long-time home was Las Vegas NV and her church was FPCLV, now pastored by Jim Houston-Hencken, whose two children we love to grandparent.)
God's world really is so small - and we are SO glad to be a part of the family of God!
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