Monday, July 11, 2022
I was up before everyone this morning so I opted to go for a stroll around the neighborhood.
The morning crew scene on the
Montlake Cut
Stroking into the distance
A lone sculler
Light on the Montlake Bridge
Somehow, I wound up on
the UW campus
Drumheller Fountain, a.k.a.,
"Frosh Pond"
The Four Columns at
the Sylvan Theater
These Ionic Columns originally were the Grand Portico Entrance of the first territorial university building located in downtown Seattle. The Columns were called Loyalty, Industry, Faith and Efficiency - L.I.F.E.
Mt. Rainier in the distance
The controversial Broken Obelisk
The Henry Suzzallo Library
LUX SIT
Lighting Henry Suzzallo Library
Miller Hall
In 1967, Laurie had a job here as a secretary in the Department of Education. Since I aspired to a teaching career, I had lots of opportunities to visit her in her offices.
You just have to wonder,
"How old are these bricks?"
Denny Hall is the oldest building
on the UW campus
The view that Laurie and I had
of the mysterious Bee Release incident
during a student protest in 1969
Dow Chemical, the makers of the napalm used in Vietnam, were recruiting students in the building across the way to become employees.
Hundreds of student protestors showed up to stop the recruitment process and flooded into the two lane street seen here.
From our angle, we saw a man driving a truck with at least one bee hive in the back looking at the commotion and stop paying attention to the car in front of him who had just stopped.
The truck driver rear ended the car at an extremely low rate of speed but it was enough to tip over the bee hive thus releasing a lot of bees into the already charged atmosphere.
Standard operating procedure called for our mysterious bee keeper to don his specialized gear and try to get the hive upright in order to calm the bees and get them back into the hive.
The protestors panicked and dispersed in fear of possible bee stings but many believed that our bee keeper was trying to tip the hive over, not get it back upright. They tried to attack the bee keeper and his truck, so he got back in his truck and drove away trying to save his health, truck and remaining bees.
End of protest.
This event started lots of accusations as to why the bee keeper was on campus and did the UW Administration purposely hire him to end the protest before it got too big?
Ah, the 60s!
I'd never seen this tribute
to the left leaning Lincoln Brigades
that fought against Franco's Fascists
in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39
The Bill and Melinda Gates Center
for Computer Science and engineering
The ancient bridge from Upper Campus
to Lower Campus, the Home of
Husky Athletics
Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Legendary UW Football Coach
Don James
Our Coach during my days
at the UW, Jim Owens
Iconic Husky Stadium
The Husky guarding his stadium
The UW plays in the
PAC-12 Conference
For now.
I heard whistles blowing from inside the stadium but it was all locked up out front and on the sides.
Time to check the back door.
Because of a UW youth soccer camp on an adjacent practice field, I had unauthorized access to the stadium in the end zone seats.
Why are these Husky players
wearing sports bras?
Practice action but I needed
a better spot to see more of
this Summer workout
PERFECT view from the stands
Rotating workout stations
all over the field
Lots of sweating on this
warm July day in Seattle
Bungee cord work
Cone Drills
I was getting tired watching them
Hopefully the Dawgs are
getting MUCH better
Time to go after one more
Cone Drill
Another view of the Montlake Cut
flowing into Lake Washington
When I finally got back to the Johnson's Manor, I found out that we were, SURPRISE, going for a drive that would include . . .
. . . a ride on a Washington State Ferry
Seattle as seen from our ferry
The ladies were having fun
Another view of the Seattle skyline
Mark, Susie and Laurie with
our destination in the background
There's our second view
of Mt. Rainier today
We arrived relatively quickly
at our goal spot, the city of
Winslow on Bainbridge Island
Colorful city this Winslow
This good looking coffee
shop has a . . .
. . . rather dark past
If they pull that chain hard
enough, we'll get lunch at
Doc's Marina Grill
They did and we did.
Triceratops rock art
Hand standing rock art
I'm good with this
Unable to sit still for too long, after lunch and shopping, we headed to the Danish themed town of Poulsbo. Think Solvang goes to the Pacific Northwest.
They have a bakery in Poulsbo
A REALLY good bakery
We were not deterred
Seattle Seahawk cookies
No on these, but we did get enough other pastries to enjoy a solid Scandinavian Fika Time.
Mark has Swedish roots
Good coffee was found at Poulsbo's
Hot Shots Java Coffee House
Mt. Rainier on the return ferry
to Seattle for the third time today
WHAT A DAY!
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