Sunday at the Lake in Kirkland, Washington aka "Tour of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"

For all you boat lovers without a boat...
There is hope for you!

(This would be me, a boat lover without a boat. However, I do lease a 42 foot boat slip and just need to have the time to find a boat to put there. Anyone selling a boat, do let me know.)

On a beautiful Sunday, if you do not have your own boat, get out and enjoy the lake and take the Argosy Cruise ship from the dock in Kirkland. It is a beautiful cruise around the lake. My out of town friend refers to it as a "Tour of the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous". The most important sites to see on Lake Washington are the homes of Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, Starbucks' founder Howard Schultz, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon , and various Nordstrom family members amongst other important Seattleites. The boat goes by the ultra-contemporary home of Martha Stewart's friend, Charles Simonyi, the newest space tourist who just returned from a spin around the earth with the Russians. When you realize all of the people who own or have owned homes around the lake, you understand the importance of Seattle to our national economy.

On some days you can see the more natural beauty of Mt Rainier, sitting out above Mercer Island and the lake. But as we know in Seattle, you cannot always view the mountain and it was not out today.

For all of you that think it rains in Seattle all the time, the truth is we have fabulous weather here in the summer. There is no place I would rather be.

HOT TIP: you can get a season's pass which allows you unlimited trips for a whole year on any of the regularly scheduled Argosy ships. It is a deal. Pay for your tickets for your first trip and buy the season's pass when you are on board. Your trip will be deducted from the total pass expense.