The Dale's Trails: Seattle Here We Come, Thanks BCI

We decided to stay just outside Seattle in Tacoma, WA at McChord AFB. It’s an easy 40 minute ride into Seattle and you can’t beat the $11 a night fee to stay in the quiet and peaceful surroundings. The weather has not been cooperating with us for the last several days and doesn’t look good for the next few, but that didn’t stop us. We have the Seattle spirit… it’s just water. Even the weather guy on the news is surprised about this much rain and the cold temps at this time of the year.

We have a 3 day Go-Pass that allows you entry into all of the participating attractions in and around Seattle thanks to my co-workers at BCI. When I resigned at BCI they gave this to Tommy and I as Bon Voyage gift. And what a great gift it has been!! We would not have seen or done so many things without this. What a great city Seattle is. Thank you again BCI!

The first day here we went to Pike Place where the farmers market is. I could have stayed there all day and watched the fish mongers throw the fish and chime in, almost in a song, when a customer purchased something. They were autographing books that they sold and made a show of it. One guy would sign a book and yell “sign the book” then all the guys there would yell back “ sign the book”, this continued until all the guys signed the book. It would start over when another book was purchased. They are good with slinging those fish. They even allowed customers catch the fish they were buying. They would jump up on the counters to get the attention of potential customers and take their orders. It was fun to watch the customers look at this ugly Monk Fish. Tied to the fish’s tail was a rope that led to the back of the counter. On occasion an employee would pull the rope to make the fish move and of course the customer really moved. Too Funny!!!!