Page 5 - FF USA Exchange Diary September 2016

Date: Wednesday 13 July From: Veronica and Robert Boat trip to Tillicum Village

First of all, Seattle is beautiful with large houses, vivid gardens, mountains, lakes and islands - they have it all and
it is gorgeous. The people are also very charming and friendly.

After breakfast with our hosts Bart and Roberta, we set off to Seattle, about 25km away for our day trip to Blake
Island. As Bart is the ED, we needed to be there early to meet the rest of the FF and their hosts.

We had a pleasant trip to Blake island through the unusually calm Puget Sound and we disembarked at Tillicum
village on the island, where we were greeted with clam soup in a cup, by members of the catering staff of the
restaurant where lunch was to be served, the tradition was to crush our clam shells into the pathway. Tillicum
village was set up in 1962 for the Olympic Games so the structures were erected as a tourist experience of the
Native American Indians' culture. We then proceeded into a large hall with long tables already set up for lunch
which followed fairly quickly. The lunch was a salmon buffet with lovely unusual selections of a variety of salad
and accompaniments, rice and a meat stew for those who do not eat salmon. Waiters took our drinks orders and
we settled down to eat.
After lunch we were treated to a traditional native Indian show consisting of dance and narrative explaining how
their culture and beliefs were passed down through the generations.
We then had a short walk on the island before departing back to the mainland where we were treated to a
spectacular view of the Seattle skyline from the ferry.

On our return to Sammamish we went to an evening market to get a snack when Bart suggested that Costco had
the best hot dogs ever and so they were. The best part was the price - only $1.50 which included a never ending
soft drink!

Tillicum Village Costco – coming to Perth soon??