Breakfast on the Beach

On Sunday morning, we were invited by Stephen and Taylor to a breakfast on the beach. We were able to enjoy more family time before everyone went their separate ways.

The drive from the main road to the wedding activities venue, Vashon Field and Pond


Breakfast on the beach


Quartermaster Cottage - our home away from home for the weekend

We returned to our campground by again catching the ferry between Vashon Island and the mainland. We took some pictures while waiting for the ferry.




After disembarking the ferry, we drove along the coastal shore of Puget Sound in Tacoma again, enjoying once more the views (it never gets old).
 

Joe, Denise, and I stopped for lunch at the pizza place in downtown Puyallup and visited again with our friend Destiny (the waitress) from Metairie. We returned to our campground for a couple hours and then visited our adopted church, All Saints, for one last time before our departure from this area.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 22, 2024 at 11:49 AM

    Family, pizza, good church, and living at the camp instead of home! Doesn’t get any better than that ! Lol
    Ellen Hutchinson

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  2. AnonymousOctober 3, 2024 at 8:50 AM

    Beautiful cottage where y’all stayed! Maybe it was your destiny to meet Destiny, lol. That’s interesting.
    Cathy

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