BEWET Banquet at Tillicum Village

Today was the end of the year BEWET banquet.  They have been trying to be more family-friendly and so this year we took an Argosy boat over to Blake Island to visit Tillicum Village.  It's a native american experience based on the early Indian settlers of Seattle.

The boat ride over was fascinating.  Austin clonked out right away and so I got to just sit and listen to the historian talk, while Darren ran Trevor around the boat looking at everything.

Once on Blake Island, we had some hot steamer clams and went inside to our seats for dinner and a performance.  Trevor loved watching how they cooked the salmon over open fires inside the longhouse. Austin woke up right before dinner started, which was perfect timing.  Dinner was amazing!  The performance was good too, but I didn't get to see much of it because it was too loud and scary for Austin so we spent most of our time walking in the hall.

Following all the festivities and a brief BEWET meeting it was dark and time to head back home.  We stopped on shore to light a lantern in honor of Natalie, one of the guides who passed away suddenly this year.  All in all, it was a wonderful experience and something we'd like to do again if out-of-town guests come to visit.