On our only day of SIGHTSEEING in Tacoma -- Gail took us to the Cliff House for an early dinner. Can you see the mountain in the background? This is my FAVORITE PICTURE from that day...
Here's my BEST PICTURE ever of Mt. Ranier. It was taken from the back seat of the car -- moving at about 60 mph -- driving out of Tacoma. I was SHOCKED when I saw how beautiful it turned out...
The next day, it was time to pack up...and fly back to Moline...
AND THIS IS WHAT GREETED us when we landed...
It was a mini-blizzard. BUT NEVER FEAR. Moline, Illinois knows how to handle snow. WE MIDWESTERNS ARE a hardy stock. Never fear -- there was a regular conga line of snow plows to keep the runway clear.
We landed -- EARLY, even. The 2013 Sewing and Stitchery Expo was AMAZING. Having Jackie there was wonderful...her once-in-a-lifetime experience.
For many years, I've said to my friends, "if I could give you one gift -- it would be that you could be Rita Farro for one day at Sew Expo." And it is so true. It was a wonderful, wonderful show...there is so much energy...these women, these sewing sisters of mine. We talked, we laughed, we learned a little something new...but by the time my plane landed -- my throat was swollen and sore, my brain was sucked dry, and my feet were KILLING ME....and I knew I was going to sleep for a week...
Here's the thing about traveling. If you're doing your life right -- coming home is always the best part of any trip...
Our daughter went to school at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma and all of their promotional material showed Mt. Ranier, but it was never "out" when we were there. We joked that they were superimposing it on their pictures. Then one fall, I walked out of the Tacoma Target, and there is was, so big and beautiful...a gorgeous sight for someone from the flatlands!!
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, Cheryl. In all my years of doing the Sew Expo in Puyallup, there was only ONE DAY when I could see the mountain from the fairgrounds. Little did I know that was such a once-in-a-lifetime moment. STUNNING...
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