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rebeccmeisterI recently learned that one of my favorite artists, Nikki McClure, has a show up at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, except that it's coming down on Friday. So it was time to play hooky from work and go over to Bainbridge Island.
It has probably been about 25 years since the last time I went over to Bainbridge Island, as part of one of the Chilly Hilly rides done with my dad.
I don't think my dad would have approved of the bike route Google came up with for me for getting to the ferry terminal. Yesler is steep. But I did make it there in time to catch the ferry I intended to catch, anyway.
I guess the terminal just got rebuilt recently, and they are still putting on the finishing touches. I was pleased to learn I could boop my Orca card to pay the ferry fee.
If you take a bike on the ferry, you get to board first and then you get a front row seat to watch the docking process. As it all should be.
It was good to spend time with McClure's art in person. There was also a video where she talked about her work and the importance of a connection to place. That point sure brought up a lot of feelings for me. She has worked with paper and an X-acto knife as her medium for a long time, but for her most recent work she also experimented with painting sumi ink onto Japanese washi paper for the image backgrounds, with beautiful results.
I took far too many pictures, so you'll have to click on any of these to go to my photostream on Flickr if you want to see more. There were a couple of other quirky exhibits as well, although much of the museum was in transition between exhibits. An excuse to go back, I suppose.
I wasn't sure about other things I might want to do on Bainbridge Island, but did identify Pegasus Coffee as a potential lunch/coffee destination.
It did not disappoint.
Then I walked along the Charles Schmid Waterfront Trail back towards the ferry terminal.
It took me right by the Bainbridge Island Rowing Club boathouse, where I noticed that they had an 8+ moored out in the water??
On closer inspection, it looks more like a double-wide training barge, which makes far more sense. This also appears to be where the Washington State Ferries stow their extra ferries. An eclectic mix of boats.
Then back to Seattle.
The skyline has changed so much, but I'd have to go look at old photos to really pinpoint all the changes.
While on the ferry, it is interesting to contemplate what route one might take if traveling in a small, human-powered boat.
I took a different and better bike route home. It was raining lightly, so I got damp and covered in grime because this bike doesn't really have any fenders.
But I'm glad I went.
It has probably been about 25 years since the last time I went over to Bainbridge Island, as part of one of the Chilly Hilly rides done with my dad.
I don't think my dad would have approved of the bike route Google came up with for me for getting to the ferry terminal. Yesler is steep. But I did make it there in time to catch the ferry I intended to catch, anyway.
I guess the terminal just got rebuilt recently, and they are still putting on the finishing touches. I was pleased to learn I could boop my Orca card to pay the ferry fee.
If you take a bike on the ferry, you get to board first and then you get a front row seat to watch the docking process. As it all should be.
It was good to spend time with McClure's art in person. There was also a video where she talked about her work and the importance of a connection to place. That point sure brought up a lot of feelings for me. She has worked with paper and an X-acto knife as her medium for a long time, but for her most recent work she also experimented with painting sumi ink onto Japanese washi paper for the image backgrounds, with beautiful results.
I took far too many pictures, so you'll have to click on any of these to go to my photostream on Flickr if you want to see more. There were a couple of other quirky exhibits as well, although much of the museum was in transition between exhibits. An excuse to go back, I suppose.
I wasn't sure about other things I might want to do on Bainbridge Island, but did identify Pegasus Coffee as a potential lunch/coffee destination.
It did not disappoint.
Then I walked along the Charles Schmid Waterfront Trail back towards the ferry terminal.
It took me right by the Bainbridge Island Rowing Club boathouse, where I noticed that they had an 8+ moored out in the water??
On closer inspection, it looks more like a double-wide training barge, which makes far more sense. This also appears to be where the Washington State Ferries stow their extra ferries. An eclectic mix of boats.
Then back to Seattle.
The skyline has changed so much, but I'd have to go look at old photos to really pinpoint all the changes.
While on the ferry, it is interesting to contemplate what route one might take if traveling in a small, human-powered boat.
I took a different and better bike route home. It was raining lightly, so I got damp and covered in grime because this bike doesn't really have any fenders.
But I'm glad I went.
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