August blew in with high temperatures and smoke form all the wild fires in British Columbia. This was taken from our morning walk. It's a view of the Des Moines marina and Mt. Rainier. Our region had the worst air quality for 10 days. It was great when it finally blew out and we could see the blue of the sky again.
This way (west ) is the Sound and the Olympic mountain range......
On one of these smokey days, Mom and I drove to the University of Washington to visit the Burke Museum, They have the best dinosaur collection in Western Washington. As you can see, I am not even as tall as this leg bone.
This coastal native american carved seal was stolen from an Alaskan village. Fortunately, the tribe is allowing the seal to be on display at the Burke, it will go back some day.
After our time at the Burke we meet up with Andrea, got a coffee and walked around campus. My Dad did his undergraduate degree here in Computer Science. Below is their gothic library built in the 1920"s.
Inside the library..
Outside the reference room there was one of the world's largest books. That's Andrea.
Mom and I at the fountain. Mt. Rainier is supposed to be in the background......
I enjoyed walking around Dad's University. I look forward to going myself someday in the future.
