The original schedule had us going to Rainier on Wednesday but due to the fact that I was way overdue for the 600-mile check in on the new machine, and Sue needed new tires (no trip is complete without changing a tire with the Wades), Scott had lost something on one his tires, and Patrick needed that final drive checked out, it was decided to spend the day supporting the local moto economy and get things all squared away.
I sat at Starbucks perusing the web while Sybil got all spiffed up... they even washed her for me! When I went to pick her up, there was a lurker, um, I mean, gent from the FJRforum, DaveK, who had been monitoring my whereabouts and decided to swing by the dealer and say hi. Lucky for me/us, he guided me to the BMW dealer where everyone else was and then into downtown Tacoma for some lunch (our waitress was Snow White in another life... that voice!!) and to visit the Museum of Glass and the Chihuly Bridge of Glass.
I wished we had my friend, Dorothy, with us for this visit as I'm sure she would have been a huge source of information on they processes and materials used to create some of the fantastic art...
Glassblowing demonstrations inside the huge Hot Shop Amphitheater...
Looking up...
And the outside view on the way to the Bridge of Glass...
The Chihuly Bridge of Glass is a 500-foot pedestrian overpass that crosses the busy freeway below. You can read more about it here if interested:
https://museumofglass.org/outdoor-art/chihuly-bridge-of-glass
Crystal Towers... you can see Stevie in the right hand corner which gives the wall some scale...
Sky reflection...
Seaform Pavilion, a ceiling made of 2,364 objects... reminscent of the ceiling in the lobby of the Bellagio in Vegas...
Friend reflection...
I love the older brick buildings in the area... you can see the refelction of the Hot Shop in the windows...
And then it was back to our humble home away from home... one of the neigh-bors out back coming over to say hi...
