WHERE UNIQUE IS ORDINARY!

reclaimed ~ repurposed ~ salvaged collections

FOR HOME & GARDEN

August 31, 2016

 
I'm now a HUGE FAN of ferry travel

  Explore the city
ABOVE & BELOW and return to Bainbridge Island at night
to a great beach house we rented
Downtown Seattle from Columbia Tower 76th floor.

Toured "Beneath The Streets" in Pioneer Square
(these two pics of sidewalk above and from below)

  
 
Amazing views of Seattle across the bay from Bainbridge Island and a beach fire every night.  Such fun to watch what the low and high tides bring in each day…  

Beautiful Buchart Gardens in Victoria BC and tour of Craigdarroch Castle
 
OF COURSE there must be tea with the Queen at the famous Empress Hotel while in Victoria BC!! 
 

A must stop at MUNROs BOOKS for a couple local authors pics…
 
What a great way to explore English Bay and the seawall of Stanley Park in Vancouver BC…
Our guide Torrie huddled us together
for a coastal history lesson.
 Was a bit
nerve wracking trying to take pictures amongst
the waves & cargo ships!!  Such fun.
A scenic drive from North Vancouver to Whistler BC
simply breathtaking
 
Ended this fabulous trip with a couple days in Portland, Oregon
A bit of junking was fun (BUMMER traveling by airplane home!!)





Cup of tea and a browned butter
chocolate cookie break
at the famous Kyra's Bake Shop
4 time winner of
Cupcake Wars on
Foodnetwork


SOON
I'll be BACK TO REALITY
after six glorious months of traveling.

Hopeful that a new season of Fall
will bring new beginnings for Checkered Corner as well