Rain Moves In - Marilyn and Bob Move Out

Sadly, it is Marilyn and Bob's departure day.  And, the rainy, cloudy, dismal weather has begun.  Their train does not leave until 5:00 p.m. so we spent the day relaxing at home and listening to reports of the tornados and bad weather in Missouri where they and their families live.  The worst was the tornado in Joplin where many were killed and injured.  Today, tornados touched down near their children's homes in KC, Sedalia and Columbia.  But, fortunately, none were directly affected.  Marilyn's cell phone was active all day.

We headed out to the Edmonds train station in plenty of time and the train was on time.  The rain was light so not a problem.  On the way home we stopped at a grocery store called Central Market and wow - was it ever a great store.  There was an unbelievable fish market with all kinds of live seafood like, many varieties of oysters (who knew about different varieties of oysters), clams, mussels, crabs and beautiful lobsters - plus wonderful fresh fish, shrimp, scallops, etc.  It was overwhelming.  We finally decided on some fresh wild King salmon  for dinner tonight and fresh huge scallops for tomorrow.  The store was terrific - will be our store of choice for the rest of the trip, that's for sure.

Wild King Salmon from Copper River in Alaska

Back at home we opened a bottle of wine and I proceeded to prepare a dinner of sauteed salmon, baked Idaho potatoes and brocolli.  John bought a pumpkin pie at the grocery store so we had dessert too.  The salmon was unbelievable - it was a "10" for sure.  The pumpkin pie wasn't bad either.  We didn't eat all the salmon so the leftover will be in a salad for lunch tomorrow.  So far, we have not eaten any red meat since arriving in Seattle - and we don't miss it.  I think I could become a "pescaterian"  (I know, no such thing) - if I lived here.

Marilyn just called from the train - they are happy with their "bedroom" - they upgraded from a roomette and really like it.  They had champagne and chocolates and then salmon for dinner - pretty nice.

No plans for tomorrow except that we will go buy an iPad for a friend to take back to Mexico.  It will probably be rainy again.