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It’s always risky trying to coordinate plans in downtown Seattle. Particularly when there are events going on, and you’re tied to a sailing time.

Sadly I had a missed connection today that landed me on Bainbridge solo. (Lesson learned? next time exchange phone numbers!)
Anyway, I took the opportunity to wander around into a few different shops looking for inspiration.

I love coming into Bainbridge, there were no less then 5 Ferries visible as we came in.

I wandered into Winslow, and enjoyed perusing a yarn shop, fabric shop, book store, and bead store. Want to see what I saw? Follow the jump.

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Coming off the Ferry, you are greeted by the Bike Barn. A place for locals to store their bikes and for tourists to rent a bike.
Bainbridge is very bike friendly. (But Redmond is the Bike Capital of the Northwest)

As you walk off the Ferry, you end up in a pack with other folks walking to their destination.

This area of Bainbridge, called Winslow, is cute. It’s a touristy old fashioned downtown area.

Walking along, on one side, there are apartments/condos that fringe the sidewalk, I saw this statute on someones patio and it made me smile.

As I continued walking i spotted a sign…

That signaled to me a fabric store!
Esther’s Fabric Store! It’s the oldest fabric store in Washington State.

Lots of fabric,

Lot’s of trim!

And they were friendly! it was a great experience, I regret that my budget didnt allow me to pick up a little fabric today.

From there it was Churchmouse Tea and Yarn. This was the hightlight of my trip out for the LYS Tour, and today it was just as fun to pop in.

I found more, but I didnt take pictures of everything. I also wandered my way through a Bookstore, a Bead Shop. i was looking for a little bit of lunch and opted to stop at Town and Country Market . A grocery store? Totally. It meant I could get a salad with everything I wanted on it, and a carton of milk for $5. They even had a deck on top of the store where I could sit and enjoy my lunch.

Then it was time to come home. A Ferry back and my day was complete.
(Next time hopefully I’ll make that connection though)