To Camano Island and Back
The five of us traveled up to Camano Island today for the
purpose of visiting
George and approving the
material for the spiral staircase and railing for the
back
patio and deck. Camano Island is near
Stanwood if that helps
(it didn't help me)... about an hour drive to the north from our house.
We first had to drop off the Mercedes at the
garage
to diagnose some mysterious non-starting problem. The ride in the BMW
was tight, but not too bad. It certainly
would have been more enjoyable if Eliana had not thrown up a couple of
times on the way there (thankfully we contained the ejected stomach
contents in a small cooler). Ah... good times.
One we found the place, Kristy and I took turns watching the kids and
talking with George about the fabrication and installation plans. I
have no doubt the the final product will be fantastic, but George is
certainly taking his sweet time.
Here are some pictures of the kids just outside of George's workshop:
On our way back we stopped in Stanwood at
"Jimmy's Pizza and Pasta"
which I found out just now is - according to
TripAdvisor -
the #1 ranked restaurant in all of Stanwood! (*cough* out of 3 total
restaurants.)
The pizza and pasta we ordered were actually all very good. The pizza
was fresh tasting and the crust was very fine.
We'll probably not
be in that part of town again (never say never!), but if we happen
that way then I would not hesitate to go back for more pizza and pasta
at Jimmy's. Good cheap small town food.
We returned to Bellevue to pick up the Mercedes and Kristy took the
girls home for naps. Berkeley and I lingered and then walked over to
nearby Park Place and had
a look at the inventory of exotic cars they have for sale; including
(in Berkeley's order of preference) the Ferraris, the Porches, the
Aston Martins, and the vintage Corvettes. Berkeley picked out a
5-yr-old red Porche Boxster convertible for Kristy and recommended
that we buy it and take it home. To my surprise, it was listed at
just a mere $22k and change. I had a small moment of weakness, but
I stiffened up and got over it pretty quickly. We then continued on
and eventually returned home.
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