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Today is the last day for this refreshing vacation.  We are still in Gig Harbor, WA but will head for home in the morning.

This is a view of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.  I never noticed two spans of a bridge not matching before.  We were heading east into Tacoma and had to pay a toll.  Going west back to Gig Harbor there was no toll.  We wondered if that span was already paid for and the eastbound one still had debt.

We took a short trip into Tacoma to see the Museum of Glass.  We have tried to see it twice before but it has been closed for private events both times.  The Chihuly Bridge of Glass that leads to the museum is just beautiful.  Here are some pictures of glass to be found there.

We are big Chihuly fans and have taken both grandkids to his fantastic display next to the Space Needle in Seattle.  We expected this museum to be mainly his work but were disappointed to see only a few things of his displayed.  There were other works there, some terrific, by other artists and some of his students.

If you have to make a choice, definitely choose the display in Seattle.

Outside the museum there are two glass fountains to enjoy, and if you look closely at the window under the dome of Union Station, you can see some of Chihuly's glass pieces displayed.

This is a piece found outside the Tacoma Art Museum.

Back in Gig Harbor we enjoyed a statue of a fisherman after a wonderful dinner at Marketplace Grille, which offered excellent Caribbean fare.  I will end this blog entry with a picture of our friend, Sue looking up something on her phone.

Home tomorrow.