Focht Family Blog

Our last day in Seattle and our last day with Barbara we decided to take a cruise of the Locks. It was very cold and windy. The water was very choppy. I was a bit worried because I didn’t now if any of our kids would get seasick or not. We ate lunch just before the cruise and the boat was rocking quite a bit while we waited for them to start. By the time we pulled away from the dock Samantha wasn’t feeling too good. I too her to the restroom and then bought her some popcorn and coke on the way back up to settle her stomach.

One of the first pictures I took was of one of the ferries that takes cars across the water.

Next we went by the port where the large cranes were that load containers on boats.

While we were near the port we got to see tugboats at work.

We also went by a few of the marinas that were absolutely full with sailboats.

The locks were the most interesting part of the cruise. Nathan said he used to go down to the locks in NY and fish from them but he never experienced going through one. We came into the locks on the salt water side in Puget Sound, they closed doors behind the boat and the water level started rising. We had to rise 16 feet up to the fresh water level of Lake Washington. Once we were at the right level they open the doors in front of you so you can continue on your journey. The next three pictures are of us coming into the lock.

The last picture I took was of all of the kids sitting with Barbara on the boat. They enjoyed having the chance to visit with her and were sad to see her go.

After the cruise we walked to Pikes Market and walked around. I had a chance to sample a chocolate covered cherry from one of Nathan’s customers that had a store there. It is Chukar Cherries. The cherries were so good I bought a bag! :)

We were lucky enough that the roads were reasonably clear on Wednesday and since they were forecasting a LOT more snow coming towards us we left while we could. We have stopped for a couple of days in Eugene, OR. Nathan has a customer he is visiting tomorrow and we have developed a couple of small problems. There is a Newmar dealer here so we are going to see if they can fix them tomorrow before we head out towards CA.