Tillicum Village

 

Tillicum Village is  located on Blake island in Puget Sound near Seattle.  Today a state park, it was the birthplace of Chief Seattle as told to us by our storyteller on the cruise from Seattle to Tillicum Village. 

Our excursion started with a bus from the Lynnwood Transportation Center that Anna uses each day for work.

The experience is provided by Argosy with twice-daily trips. 

Ruth and Sue under beautiful flowers located everywhere.

Out ship is coming in to pick us up.  Two ships, the Goodtime 2 and Goodtime 3 rotate for cleanup after a cruise.

Tide was out and the angle of the gangway was quite steep. Mandatory photographs for later sale on the dock.

Anna and Sue enjoying the trip...

...but Ruth is toughing it outside to get a better view.

Arriving at Tillicum Village.

Clams in a cup were offered to new arrivals.

Salmon, the feature of the meal served on Tillicum Village, cooking in Native American style. 

The dining room for the buffet meal that included a stage. 

After the meal very energetic dancers rendered a depiction of Native American dances typical of the area.

One of the dancers posing with a large mask whose jaw can be opened and then closed with a loud bang.

One of the servers posed with us.  Here we have Anna, Anna and Sue.

Surveying the boats in the harbor. 

Then after several hours, we are on the way back to Seattle. 

We sighted some very brave kayakers sharing the sound with a ferry in the distance and us. 

End of the cruise to Tillicum Village and we enjoyed the day. No, we did not purchase the photograph.