Post No.12 - Time Flies when You Are having Fun!

Jenni & Grant's place on Bainbridge Is

Well, our 11 weeks in the UK and USA has come to an end and we are off home - time has certainly flown! The last 5 days on Bainbridge Island, Seattle, has been great as we have spent time with family catching up and relaxing. We have spent hours learning to play the "The Settlers of Catan" board game. This is an ultra-competitive game that brings out the "best" in people... well, sometimes; the rest of the time it brings out the worst... but fun to play! We have looked around the Island, which is very beautiful, especially now that autumn (fall) is approaching. We spent a day in Seattle sight-seeing. We saw them throw a fish in the famous Pike fish market, had clam chowder at the a seafood restaurant  enjoyed a coffee at the original Starbucks, and had a  lot of fun on the underground tour of the old city. We went to the baseball to experience a slice of American culture. We watched the Seattle Mariners get beat by the LA Angles. On Friday we fly to San Francisco and on to New Zealand, arriving in Auckland at 5.40 am on Sunday the 7th, all going well!

Seattle from the ferry

The Mariners Home Field

On the way from Redding to Seattle we stopped off to see Linley Meisch at Molalla. It was great to catch up with her and meet her husband, Mike and his mum and dad.



The next post will be from Opotiki where we are going to stay for 4 days on our return. See you then. Blessings Ian & Lenda

Ian, Mike, Linley & Lenda