UMTravels

A little domestic travel this time.

Been a while since I’ve been on a ferry!

The Miata gets a discounted rate since it’s under 14 feet. WooHoo.

Four nights at the WorldMark Discovery Bay…nice view!

No shots of the 2-bedroom unit, just the bar:

Hopefully we have enough to drink – though the boys will be bringing two bottles of duty-free whiskey as well.

One cocktail hour I made Japanese Whiskey Highballs, which called for Grapefruit rind. Yummy.

Yes, the box came with a cute set of coasters.

The purpose of this trip was to hang out with the boys, and to visit a grave. Odd thing to do on a holiday, but…

So, why Joe Rantz?

The Boys In The Boat, a book, and later a movie about the University of Washington’s crew team made up of loggers and farm kids that one a Gold Medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics Games presided over by Hitler. Made more poignant for me was that I finished the book while I was in Berlin this last September; even drove by the Olympic Stadium. You can find that blog post here.

We are joined by my extended family who lives in Sequim a mere five minutes from the cemetery.

After the cemetery, we went to the Sequim Museum where they have an exhibit about the Olympic team.

Joe is in the center.

For a small own museum, it had very high-quality displays, with lots of AV/interactive equipment – like a screen with the winning race.

There are other things like mammoth tusks, and old vehicles…

And before I knew it, I was back on a ferry home.

That’s it for the day.

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