On our last day with my sister, Karen drove us around to visit a couple of the local sites. First up was Mukilteo Lighthouse Park. Amber at the beach, while in the background, a ferry from Clinton, on Whidbey Island, pulls into port:
The Mukilteo Light Station dates from 1906. The buildings were closed, but we were able to walk the grounds:
Next, Karen drove us around Boeing Field, where Boeing paints and tests its newly-built planes. Time precluded us from going inside the Museum of Flight, but Amber and I did get out to take some pictures. The Dreamlifter is a 747 large cargo freighter used by Boeing to bring aircraft parts from suppliers around the world. Karen said the plane was quite a sight to see flying overhead:
Amber poses in front of the airfield. In the background are planes awaiting delivery to various airlines around the world. Among the ones we saw that day were future additions to the fleets of Japan Airlines 日本空港 and All Nippon Airways 全日本空輸:
It was a short drive from the airfield to my sister's apartment complex, where it was time for one last picture with Amber's aunt and her cousin James:
Karen drove us to the ferry terminal at Edmonds, where we boarded the ship for the short ride to Kingston. Pamela, Amber and I had a great time with my sister, and we look forward to seeing Karen and her family again on our next visit to the USA.
The view of Edmonds as the ferry pulls away from the terminal
Back at my parents' house in Bremerton, much of the rest of the day was spent watching the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV in prime time, the way god(s) intended it (and not at some god awful early morning hour as is the case in East Asia). An afternoon of football, pizza (all-meat from Papa Murphy's) and beer (Samuel Adams Boston Lager) - you can take the boy out of America, but you can't take America out of the boy.
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