Saturday, August 8, 2009

Point Defiance Marina and Pier

Tacoma has so many beautiful places to visit.   Everything is just a couple of miles from each other.   We are now at Point Defiance Boathouse and Pier...

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We decided to have lunch before we walked this area.   We ate at Anthony's and it is a great restaurant with very reasonable prices.   The location has a perfect setting.

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This restaurant overlooks Commencement Bay...on the Puget Sound.

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Nice open Kitchen and Bar.

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All of their lights were metal fish.....really neat!

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Right next door is the Yacht Club....

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Another Ferry ...

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There are a lot of boats in the area....many are fishing boats.  It is really overcast today.  The high today is expected to be about 70.....it is cool for us!

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This boat is heading to the Yacht Club.

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As you can tell, we are wearing seat shirts....it is cool but really nice.

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This lady pulls the boat to dock while 3 men sit in the boat....

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We notice an elevator taking boats up so I will take pictures while they drive to the elevator...

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They are going up on the elevator ramp...there are three flights to top deck.

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The elevator takes the boat up one flight.... then on to the second floor....

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They are on the third floor now.     They put the boat on a dolly to roll it on...

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They push it around as they want.....they wash the boats up on the third deck.

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Then they roll them in to the Boat House...

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The boat house is huge....

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This is part of the boat house.

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More of the boathouse....

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and more....it is huge!

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I take pictures from the third floor deck....

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These guys are fishing from the pier....

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2nd Floor Deck....

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This nice seagull seems to be posing...

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The abandoned canoe...

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The Ferry leaves dock and heads to an Island across the pier.

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We are hoping that the weather clears up.   It has been very overcast for the last 3-4 days.

1 comment:

Jesse Aleman said...

one lady pulling the boat and three men in the boat( not in Texas)She should have turn the boat loose and gone inside . I sure would not want to pay for storage there . Need to take up fishing .Have a good one we love you all