Washington Shows

On Friday we left to drive North, up towards the Canadian border, to the small town of Lynden for shows. We were actually staying in Bellingham, about 10 miles from the showsite. As the traffic in the Seattle area can be heavy we left about 9am in the morning and arrived in Bellingham at about 3:30pm. Its freeway driving all the way – we had views of

Mt St Helen's (above)

Mt Rainier (as we travelled through Seattle)

and finally Mt Baker (above) – close to our destination.

On Friday we met up with some Canadian friends and had dinner in the charming Fairhaven Historical district, located just south of downtown Bellingham,

We had an early start on Saturday. The show was held at a very nice fairgrounds, with lots of walking areas for the dogs and the weather was perfect, not too hot or too cold (mid 70’s) and dry. We did pretty well at the show. We took 3 dogs – Herbie, Thomas and Zoey – all were winners, with Herbie winning the group.

Saturday evening we went down Chuckanut Drive which is a scenic (this means curvy!!) road that runs from Fairhaven in the north to the Skagit Valley farmlands in the south. The narrow road winds along the western side of the Chuckanut and Blanchard Mountains and provides many sweeping views of the San Juan Islands and Samish Bay. We chose to have dinner with friends here at the Oyster Bar, which was about 13 miles south of Fairhaven. It specializes in seafood…and we had memorable meals – I had crab cakes and David had Halibut – no complaints from either of us.

Sunday morning we showed at 10:30, so had a more leisurely start to the day. Another good day – Thomas won his final points – to become an American champion and Zoey picked up another single point – not many girls entered – and Herbie won a Group 3.
Sunday night we headed back to Carries, where we were staying the night. We had a wonderful evening relaxing in her garden. Monday morning Janet brought over the 9 puppies and we had fun evaluating the litter, before heading for home in the afternoon.