Time to do a little catching up . . .
Thanks to an invitation from our friends Mark and Susie Johnson, we started our Holiday Season with a flight to Seattle to join them and our new friends Mike and Susie Carlin for a few fun days in Kihei, Maui, HAWAII!!!
The view from our palatial condo in Maui
Food and . . .
. . . libations were the order of the day
First Friday festivities in Wailuku with
Laurie (6), Susie C. (4) and Susie J. (1)
Our son Andy said we should
definitely eat here, so we did!
No, that is not me
GREAT breakfast spot,
low in calories too
Laurie loves the beach
View from the condos' pool
Again with the food
SICILIAN pistachio ice cream, YUM!!!
Heaven on earth?
Christmas time in Lahaina
Part of Lahaina's charming old town
It was time for Susie Johnson's birthday
dinner at the amazing Hula Grill
Happy 29th Birthday Susie!
Blowing out the birthday candle
Things you see on an early morning walk
The ocean front lawn of our condo
Sunset in Maui
The Johnsons
The Carlins
Us
Mike calling dibs at our latest dinner table
We had an incredibly enjoyable five days in the 50th state before returning for a week in Seattle.
Again, you see interesting things
on a morning walk in Seattle too
A Montlake Bridge tower
Husky Stadium
Chilly Lake Washington
George W. Contreras
Class of 1969
U of W Quad
U of W Quad
U of W Quad
Denny Hall
The U of W's oldest building
U of W's Henry Suzzallo Library
Suzzallo Library's Reading Room
Mossy Tree at the U of W entrance
Not the biggest but I believe the
best burger I've ever consumed
Cool totem near the Johnson home
Today's walk led me through . . .
. . . a wondrous wetland
We're not in Hawaii anymore
Husky Stadium from a different view
I like . . .
. . . the color green
Red too it turns out
It rained the night before in Seattle
Imagine that . . .
Nice old bench
Moss is SO in this season
Towards the end of our stay, we drove up to Camano Island to see the Johnson's new "cabin."
"Stately Manor" would be a better term.
Camano Island's eclectic bus stop
for aliens and their UFOs
GREAT breakfast at this cafe
The view of a rainy Puget Sound
from the Johnson's cabin
A MUST when you visit Seattle
Dangerous Mushroom
Not eating this one either
With Jason Johnson
On our last Sunday in Seattle, Mark and Susie hosted their annual Christmas party.
Our friend and former Catania Elephant QB Jason, no relation to Mark and Susie, was invited to the party.
It was great to catch up with him but we missed his wife Christy who was visiting her family in Canada.
Lake Union
Fall moving into Winter
The Johnson Home was all decked out for Christmas as we headed to the airport
One last shot for Ivar's clam chowder
before boarding the plane
As always, it was a whirlwind 12 days
with the Johnsons in Hawaii and Seattle
And it was SO much fun too, THANK YOU!!!
Reading Is FUNdamental
Jack Reacher kept his kill-to-page ratio
fairly low in this one
Mary Russell becomes
Sherlock Holmes' apprentice
I liked it.
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