What a wonderful day, Sue and Ian were already sitting having their coffee when we woke. Just great to see them after nearly 3 years, the talking never stopped, and the morning slipped away. Terry set out on his vintage Honda motorbike for a club meet, and after a visit to the local farmers market for some shrimps (sadly they had sold out though), Sherry took us to the nearby town of La Conner, a very quaint artsy sort of town in the Skagit River Valley. The river flats are very fertile and famous for their bulb growing, especially the tulip fields….sadly the wrong season for us.
After lunch at the quirky little Nell Thorn restaurant, Sherry took us to the Museum of Northwest Art where she has worked as a docent for many years. Thoroughly enjoyed it, the new exhibition was the work of emerging glass artists from the Pilchuck Glass School, taking glass work to a new level. Interesting there was also an exhibition of the work of famous local artist Jay Steemsa, a style that we had a job getting our heads around, but such fun as we all tried to work out “why”.
Late afternoon was the time for the “unveiling”, down to the storage yard to uncover Ruakiwi and drive her home. She had weathered the winter so well, and the damp remover container had done its job well, it was half full of water and no sign of any mould. She kicked into life on the first turn so it was back on the road again to Terry’s place.
Need to get a few jobs done on her before we leave next Friday, including 6 new tires..ouch!
We had a wonderful meal of fresh salmon from the Copper River, Alaska, and new seasons asparagus from the Farmer’s Market along with a Central Otago Pinot Noir that we had brought with us. A real celebration dinner.
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