Swimming and Issaquah Salmon festival

Catherine swam at a meet in Renton (south of Seattle), her form was great but the pool was slow. She has several strong heats, including a relay. While she was swimming Caroline and I went for breakfast, and then went shopping at Fry’s electronics. It’s a giant electronics store near by. After the meet we went to the town of Issaquah for their Salmon Festival - it was a huge street fair. The Issaquah fish hatchery is adjacent to the fair, and was open for tours. Issaquah creek is full of spawning salmon, and runs right into the hatchery where a 4 foot dam goes across the creek. We watched as large salmon (30+ pounds) tried to make it over the dam – you’d hear smack, smack, smack as they tried and slammed into it. Eventually they would find the diverter to the fish ladder and continue their journey around the dam up stream to spawn. While we were in Issaquah, we stopped at the XXX Drive in – YUM they make their own root beer, and their burgers were excellent. I have to go back there with an appetite. It was a really large fair, even the nudists had a booth! check out their banner.