The View from Squirrel Ridge

I took these last month when we left SeaTac, which is the Seattle - Tacoma Airport.

The rain started to come down harder as we explored the corn maze. At first it did not bother our hosts. Susan says that in Washington ...

It looked like rain on the day we went to Spooners Farm so Frank borrowed a jacket from Doug. A light drizzle started as we entered th...

We went to Spooner Farms to visit the pumpkin patch with the Boyles children. The first attraction they wanted to visit was the Pumpkin Sl...

In the Puyallup Valley, Washington State

I enjoy "living history" museums and events. They seek to entertain while educating, and while the exhibits are probably not comp...

Living History, Fort Nisqually You may also like: Blacksmith Shop, Whitesmith Shop The Blacksmith's Apprentice

Living History at Fort Nisqually, Washington We enjoyed the banjo music and the talk about the history of the banjo, which is descended fro...

The fort features a number of buildings that depict life in a 19th-century trading post. Here we see items that customers might have p...

From the blockhouse at Fort Nisqually you have a clear view of the stockade plus you can look out over Puget Sound.                      ...

Fort Nisqually This reconstructed frontier trading post is near Tacoma, Washington. Fort Nisqually was moved several times in the 1800'...

Why is there a gigantic beaver in the visitors center? Well, Fort Nisqually was a trading post, and beaver pelts were a key part of the...

View from Fort Nisqually This suspension bridge crosses Puget Sound, connecting Tacoma and Gig Harbor. Link: Tacoma Narrows Bridge on ...

Doug Inspects the Big Bell This makes a dozen posts about our visit to Browns Point near Tacoma. If you came here through a search en...

We admired the beautiful reproduction of a rescue boat at Browns Point. And between the boat house and the water we saw the remains of a tra...

They had their own classroom! Ryley and Josie inspect the old-fashioned stove. The lighthouse keeper's cottage at Browns Point d...

 The family who lived at Browns Point made their home quite comfortable.

Two signs at Browns Point attest that George Vancouver was here in 1792. "Documented history of Puget Sound began in 1792 when Captain...

Josie is looking out over Commencement Bay, which is off Puget Sound, Washington. The lighthouse (above) is the Browns Point Light, whic...

Browns Point Cottage, near Tacoma The home of the lighthouse keeper is available as a vacation rental. It is open to visitors once a wee...