Washington

10 Aug     Bellingham to Tulalip     57 miles   1hr 10 mins
We drove to Tulalip today and we're staying at the Tulalip Resort Casino. We can stay here for free up to 7 days. They have an area for RV's for dry camping and it's pretty nice.
We drove into Seattle this afternoon and ate at Blue C Sushi located in the University Village. My sister Dana recommended this place and it was real good. We haven't had sushi in a while so we really enjoyed ourselves.

Micah & Joe in the Huskies brand new stadium

After dinner, we went to the University to watch Micah Hatchie practice. We got to go in their brand new stadium....awesome! Micah is doing well and he looks real good out there. Kind of bummed that we won't be able to see any of their games but at least we got to spend some time with him.

11 Aug   Tulalip to Auburn     81 miles   3 hrs
Today we drove out to Mark Tanga's house in Auburn, Washington. Joe and Mark worked together in the late 80's, early 90's. They were in Alpha and SSD. That's when Joe was in pretty good shape.
Mark moved to Washington about 14 years ago and doing very well. He and his wife Julia, works for the Port Authority. Mark and Julia have a beautiful home with lots of room for us to park there for a couple of nights.

Mark & Julia's backyard

12 Aug   We drove out to the Ballard Locks today.

It's a neat place to visit. The locks are like a elevator for boats. They also have a fish ladder, where you can go underground and watch the salmon struggling to swim upstream.

Then we went to Pike's Place Market. Very, very crowded but everyone needs to visit Pike's if you're in Seattle. We spent only about an hour there because we were worried about the traffic. We found the place where they throw the fish, we bought Mark his fried gizzards and fried liver, and I bought some fresh flowers. I wish I had more time to spend there. It was crowded but a very interesting place to explore and visit.                      

Was real crowded

One of the vendors

Flowers are super cheap at Pike's