This is a week of an adventure of the century. When we purchased the RV - I vaguely remember the sales pitch for the "toe to heel" insurance we also purchased. The cost (cough, cough) seemed high...but the sales pitch (to scare us into buying the ins.) was "What are you going to do if your refrigerator/freezer dies in the middle of the Mojave desert." Somewhere along the way, a piece of metal broke off, and had been spending a considerable amount of time freewheeling through the transmission system. We noticed on our trip to Utah that the system would not automatically shift back into drive after a hill climb and the necessary (automatic) downshifting to reach the top of the hill. Long story short...a week in the Transmission shop. Actually stayed in the parking lot to start with...until we knew it was going to be Friday before our rig was ready to be released. The $100 deductible (plus a few incidentals) made the insurance so totally reasonable. 3 day/night expenses also covered by the ins. SO.....................
After our intial stay in the Transmission parking lot. (Locked in and fenced off with barbed wire after 5:30.) we decided to move to the motel down the way...and do some serious sight seeing in Tacoma.
Our first venture was to Mt. Ranier. We could see it from Susan and Lindsey's living room window...but, up close...the majesty is unreal!
The drive was awesomely beautiful. You could see up close the remaining troughs of rock and debris left behind by glaciers which are long gone.
The next day we maneuvered our way down to the waterfront...a park and waterfront restaurant area called Reston Way. We had lunch - and watched the activities on the water...seals playing with birds as they swooped in to try to steal food from the seals.
Every waterfront area has sea gulls. We're including this pic...as it's pretty awesome...with the ship in the background. :-)
On Thursday we took a trip to the Glass Museum...We had remembrances of our trip to Venice, and the 
side trip to Murano, the Italian island of blown glass creations.
side trip to Murano, the Italian island of blown glass creations.
The outdoor scen
e was pretty cool!The museum featuring all of the famous glass artists was great...but the Hot Shop was our favorite.
Amazing to see them work with a glob of glass...and end up with a pilsner glass (guaranteed to handle 12 oz of beer). :0 The glass is at a temperature of 800-1000 degrees...and is put in a special chamber after finishing...and takes 12 hours to become cool enough to touch by hand. The three fellas working this Hot Shop were @ 30 years old...and truly masters of what they did. Incredible!!!!!
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