Marcello's Italiano Restaurante In Seattle, and the Music store on Roosevelt

This is a Glockenspiel, I want this too..

beautiful rooms full of instruments

They said they can restring my pentatonic lyre.

Yes! I've looked everywhere for strings..

I want this instrument for my collection of primitive instruments.

It has a nice tone,, and it's beautiful!

Marcello's Restaurante Italiano

Darkish, and cool clean and excellent food.. AAA+

Located at 7115 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle

www.marcelloseattle.com

But watch out for the paper on the tables, I got a paper cut 1st thing.

I was given a ban-aide, and later was told I was the only person who put a band-aide in the wrong place and wore it to fix my cut.. :)

I just more or less drove to Marcello's the other day, and I have never been there, it was early, before 5, but open for dinner. Had the whole place to ourselves..food was great, but I don't need any more dishes with pasta and creme sauce..

Trees and giant ferns at Willapa Bay Nat'l Wildlife Refuge

Giant Ferns At Willapa Bay Nat'l wild life Refuge

Willapa Bay National wildlife Refuge

Foxglove

Fireweed

Sumac

The Bay with Long Island to the left

Foxglove, Daisies, and Dandelions By the Roadside

Our Old Growth.. just stumps..:(

Our beautiful world..our green trees

Mukilteo Ferry in dock

Here is the ferry in daylight, well, our daylight, as over cast as it is. We have long days here, 4:30 to 10 or so..but again this year, we had summer in spring, and here in July, it's foggy and coolish.

Usually our summers are July and August, I wonder when we'll hit summer?

Not complaining understand, I love fog, and gray skies, long or short days..walking in drizzle, hiking in mud is one of my favorite things to do ( Shi Shi Beach).

I love what it does out there in the out of doors that makes the earth varied and beautiful.

I'm ready for someone to prepare this for me again....

Dungeness Crab, in lemon butter sauce, and prawns, w/ pilaf and veggies... yum, and not at all filling..

From Half Moon Bay in Westport WA.

Alaska Ferry, and Alaska 2 for 1 tours..

You can buy this Alaska Ferry print here

Map of the Inside Passage to Alaska

Alaska Specials..just a quick note here, the ferry to Alaska is a fun trip, inexpensive and here is a coupon book for 2 for 1 items for 99.00.

Alaska Ferry info

I'll try to get some pictures posted of on the ferry, where we lived in tentville...of course they have state rooms for weenies..and you can crash anywhere on the ferry. They have showers, and lockers, and you will see Gray whales, Orcas, and thousands of eagles through the Wrangell Narrows.

And.. a fine dining room, as well as snack bar. And you can take your car, but it is priced by size, so make that small. Rv's can also travel the ferry, see the site for info on prices, and size requirements/limits.

some more info

..and more..questions and answers.. etc. Sitka..and map of the inside passage..

Mukilteo Ferry from Whidbey Island

See that light out there, the one on top? That's my house ;)

This is a larger by far ferry than the Keystone, it has about 12 long lanes.

The run is relatively short compared to the Keystone though.

This ferry from PT will take you directly to Ebey's Landing on the.
Whidbey from Port Townsend (map)

Also Fort Casey on Whidbey Island which is the 2nd largest Island in the continental US,

next only to long Island.

More on Fort Casey

Info On Mukilteo
Map of Mukilteo

This is onboard The Mukilteo Ferry, Usually I go up top, but when I'm tied from adventuring,

well, then I don't. I just sit in my car, and enjoy the cruise.

Umm, nice tho to have the ferries to take short cuts, altho in very busy times,

I am not sure the wait is worth it.

I've waited hours in the holding lanes before.

Summers are bad this way, but this was a Monday, so it wasn't bad at all.

This ferry runs every 30 minutes until about 10 pm, then every hour.

The Marine Science Center is a nice vacation for family and kids on board a research boat.

Keystone Ferry

Inside the ferry. It was full of people, lots going on, one couple throwing dice,

kids running the adults to death being so active, and some of us just sipping a latte brought aboard and watching all the activity.

This is the small ferry that crosses from Port Townsend to Whidbey Island ( Keystone),

it's a longish ferry ride, which is enjoyable.

They recently added this smaller ferry,

smaller than the other small ferry that we used to have that I liked better.

Also, they try to make you get reservations to use it,

here the tides very much effect the ferry runs, too.

But... as any of you who know me know, I am not one to make reservations.

Choosing to take this ferry back last weekend allowed me to

drive along Hood Canal towards home, rather than take I 5.

There is actually another route, shorter, through Edmonds on that ferry,

but I opted for the two ferries, Keystone and the Mukilteo,

Clinton Ferry which dropped me at my front door.

I'll post a night time shot on the Mukilteo Ferry tomorrow.

This ferry only has 4 lanes, the Mukilteo Ferry has has I think, at least 12 lanes, and is much longer as well.

We have an extensive ferry system here, including the Ferry to Alaska,

which translates into 3 days up the Inside Passage to AK

Alaska and the Yukon

through such as the Wrangell Narrows.

I've been up to twice on that run.
This is Port Townsend from the ferry, I have actually spent loads of time here.

I've stayed at the hostel here, and gone to writers conferences, etc.

I have several friends here I haven't seen in awhile, and,

the Reiki master who trained me is here.

There is an Old Boat Club here at PT , too. And the Marine Sciences have a place here, too, where you can go for a scientific tour on their boat, counting seals, and etc. It's pretty cool.

The ferry from on deck