Twisp of Fate

Last week our grand-daughter took a week of her vacation to come up to visit us from Medford, OR.  It was her first long road trip by herself but she seemed to enjoy it, and we had a great time.  The first 3 days we stayed in the valley and just sort of hung out and visited – but she did tell me she wanted to learn to knit, so I also got her started on that and she was making real progress by the end of the week.

The night before we left for Seattle, we had dinner down at Twisp River Pub:

In Seattle we visited with Rick’s sister and mom (April’s great-aunt and great-grandmother!)

and did touristy stuff, like visit the Space Needle and the Seattle Aquarium.  The weather was perfect and it was actually nice to be doing some fun things in Seattle instead of being focused on errands and so forth, like we usually are.

at the Space Needle

We all thought this modified sign in Ballard was pretty funny:

We parted company after 3 days in Seattle, her heading south to Oregon and us heading north to visit my Dad and brother and sister-in-law before coming home over the North Cascades Highway on Sunday morning.

Sunday evening we went to a wonderful outdoor event at Bluebird Grain Farms up in the Rendezvous area.  Called the “Feast of Field and Stream”, it was a dinner showcasing the products of Bluebird Grain Farms, Hard Row to Hoe Vineyards in Chelan, and the Okanogan Producers Marketing Association, all of whom had earned their Salmon-Safe certifications.  All proceeds went to Trout Unlimited and the Salmon Safe program.

The dinner was catered by Cameron Green and Molly Patterson of Glover Street Market in Twisp, and featured huge pans of farro paella cooked over outdoor fires, quite impressive:

that's a pan full of mussels in the background

cheeses from Glover Street Market

A good time was had by all and we hope they do it again next year!