Monday, November 9, 2026
Our whirlwind American Football Mania weekend in Seattle had come to an end, but we still had a few of loose ends to tie up in this morning.
First up, one last look at people rowing in
the Montlake Cut on a chilly morning
I will never get over the serene beauty of the
Montlake Cut in these early morning hours
Julien was quite interested in the houseboat living scene that Seattle has made famous.
Mark and Susie Johnson's daughter, Mallory, just happens to live in a 700 sq.ft. houseboat on Portage Bay at the West end of the Montlake Cut. She was gracious enough to allow us to visit her home this morning
What a setting!
Good balance on these docks is a MUST!
Finally at Mallory's home
The view from her back deck was
AWESOME!
The Fall leaves were ever so colorful
Now completely clued in to the Seattle houseboat scene, we ventured back to the University of Washington campus for one more look.
The Canadian Geese were present on
campus as usual this time of the year
The statue of George Washington with the
Henry Suzzallo Library in the background
On Sunday when we walked past the library we found it closed until 1:00 p.m. With our Cardinals-Seahawks game kicking off at 1:30 p.m., entering to see its wonderful Reading Room was not possible, thus our return trip this morning.
About to enter the Reading Room
This grand room is my favorite
one on the entire campus
Correction from yesterday's post
The library was erected in 1924, not in 1933 as I stated yesterday.
It was in the year 1933 that the library was officially named after former UW President Henry Suzzallo.
Our last sightseeing completed and now packed, we proceeded to Sea-Tac Airport for the Alaska Airlines flight back to Burbank.
We joined Mark and Susie on a pleasant ride on Seattle's excellent light rail system to the airport.
The Johnson's were off to Maui
as their World Tour continues
Our flight was on time and we were
in Burbank in 2 hours and 20 minutes
Burbank's new terminal is interesting
So is the art work outside the terminal
When we got home, the tile work in the
TV room and bathroom were DONE!
The workers are seen finishing up the grouting in this photo.
On Tuesday, their work continues in the raised floor of our kitchen. That should be interesting.
Interesting grading for last Saturday's game
The Huskies still need one more win to become bowl eligible with three games left on the schedule.
The UW's remaining games are at Michigan State, vs. Indiana and at Oregon. That one win is going to be hard to come by.
American football news from France
The Lyon Gones have forfeited their season opening game next Saturday against Julien Urgenti's Villeurbanne Falcons.
Ostensibly, it is because the Gones could not secure a suitable field to play the game.
The word on the streets of Lyon is that the Gones feared that all of the new insights into the game of American football that Julien has learned through his American football adventures in California and Washington would be too much to overcome on such short notice.
As for our time in Seattle, we cannot thank Mark and Susie enough. MERCI MES AMIS!
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