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Iwishyoucouldhave been with Clair and Jan- ice Morey, Cheri Smith, Linda Small, Gail Locke, Lindy Dunaway, Oneata Hafner, Marjorie Chody, Mark and Rebecca Der- mir, Kendra McCluskey and me when we boarded Mt. Lassen Motor Transit for our tour "Pacific Coast by Bus, Train & Cruise Ship" in Red Bluff re- cently. Lloyd Dodson was our driver to Seattle. We drove Highway I-5 this time, and it was depressing to see how brown and dry the coun- try side was as we drove past Roseburg and saw fresh smoke to the east, and remains of a recent fire for several miles along the freeway. The oak trees were turning brown. Our first night was in Oregon City with our mo- tel overlooking the Wil- lamette River. Above Sa- lem it was a little greener, and we saw many whole- sale nurseries, hazelnut orchards, and pumpkin patches from the freeway. Drove along the Colum- bia River from Portland to nearly Longview, WA with fog, and yet there was blue sky. It was beau- tiful seeing all the differ- ent textures of the trees in Washington, with oak, fir, ash, maple to name a few. North of Olympia the trees were turning red and yellow, while ear- lier we had noticed a few spots of color. Pike Place Market in Seattle has always been something I have wanted to see, and on this trip it was possible. A bronze placque noted that it is a historic district and placed on the national register in 1970. It is a gi- ant farmers market, but it includes fish as well as beef, lamb, pork. Saturday morning is not the best time to be there with all the tour- ists and local folks, but it was incredible. The flower stalls were so colorful, prices were reasonable for a tall stem of dahlia, glad- iola, bells of Ireland, etc. $1 a stem or 12 for $10, and $15 for a large bou- quet. Locals were buying a bouquet or handful of flowers. Yes, we got to see the fish mongers tossing a salmon to each other. There was loud chatter among the men, and I never figured out the sig- nal, but a salmon would be flying through the air and be caught by the other man. We tourists were more than six deep trying to photograph the fish in mid-air. According to Wikipe- dia: "Initially, Pike Place Fish Market was un- known outside of the Se- attle area, but Yokoyama and his staff decided to change that in a meeting with a business coach in 1986. Prior to the meet- ing, the Pike Place Fish Market was near to bank- ruptcy and the consul- tant, was helping them to conceive of ways to save the business. A fish mar- ket employee at the meet- ing suggested that they not only save the busi- ness, but make it 'world famous,' with the ideas for the business' flying and thrown fish, games with customers, and staff atti- tudes of always enjoying their work, so that cus- tomers would as well. "In an interview, Yo- koyama stated, 'We took a stand that we were going to become world famous. We just said it and it be- came so.' "Four years later, in 1990, Goodwill Games were held in Seattle. News crews at the Pike Place Market discovered the fish market and its per- formances with custom- ers, and they filmed them. Soon afterwards, the fish market appeared on tele- vision leading to the busi- ness and its employees be- ing filmed by various film crews, and being featured in numerous magazines. Now, during the summer tourist season, the fish- mongers will perform now in front of as many as 10,000 visitors daily. "The Pike Place Fish Market is best known for their habit of hurling cus- tomers' orders across the shopping area. A typi- cal routine will involve a customer ordering a fish, with their fishmongers in orange rubber over- alls and boots calling out the order, which is loudly shouted back by all the other staff, at which point the original fishmonger will throw the custom- er's fish behind the coun- ter for wrapping. Initially, the shouted repeating of the ordered fish began as a prank on one employee, but was enjoyed by cus- tomers, so it became a tra- dition. While working, the staff continually yell to each other and chant in unison while they throw ordered fish. At times, the fish market staff will throw a foam fish into the crowd to scare bystanders, or select a customer from the crowds to participate in the fish toss. Above the areas in which they throw fish, the market hangs a sign that reads, 'Caution: Low Flying Fish'" Beautiful jewelry, the fruit and vegetable stalls were artfully arranged in eye catching detail, and the mushrooms! I never knew there were so many different sizes and shapes, let alone, the names. Another stall was selling different kinds of dried pasta. There were blocks and rounds of dif- ferent varieties of cheese, and the baked goods looked delicious. We saw bronze hoof prints in the street leading to Rachel, a bronze pig. Chihuly Garden and Glass was near the base of the Space Needle, and very colorful. It is sim- ilar to the one I visited in Tampa, Florida a few years ago with the Ike- bana and Float Boat of colored balls of glass in a boat, and the beautiful Persian Ceiling that re- minds you of the ceiling at Bellagio. Mille Fiori means a thousand flowers in Ital- ian, and it too is color- ful with the glass stems reaching five foot or so. The chandeliers were dis- played in a room over- looking the garden and the Space Needle. The Garden is outdoors among the plants, trees and flow- ers with many different colors and shapes of glass glistening in the sunlight. I had taken a coat plus several jackets because I expected the weather to be wet in Seattle and our time in Canada. Instead it was blue skies, and mild temperatures on our en- tire trip, until the final morning in Southern Cal- ifornia. The next morning we were up early, to have our suitcases out and ready to leave at 6:15 a.m. for the next section of our trip on Amtrak to Vancover, BC. King Street Station was a surprise. The building was breathtaking. It is like a movie set. A resto- ration of the building was completed and the station was officially rededicated on April 24, 2013. It captures the classic feel of train travel at the turn of the previous cen- tury. White marble lines the walls topped with brass lighting fixtures and a beautiful green and gold mosaic ribbon at the top that can be seen through- out. Ionic columns stretch to the top of the ceiling, where you can gaze at the workmanship of the mold- ing. Many refurbished benches while we waited to board, with our pass ports. The building was orig- inally built between 1904 and 1906 by the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Rail- way. At the time of con- struction it had a 242 foot clock tower, second larg- est timepiece on the Pa- cific coast, second only to the San Francisco Ferry Building. Over the years, re- modeling concealed all the original ornate inte- rior. They dropped the ceiling 10 foot, concealing the hand-carved mold- ing and removed every- thing except the terrazzo tile floor and the clock on the west wall above the restrooms. In 2003 they started to restore the en- tire building, and it is worth including on a tour. Amtrak was a pleas- ant surprise. So quiet and smooth, without the click- clack of the wheels. The track followed the Puget Sound with many small fishing boats on the water. Many oyster beds below Bellingham more near Samish Bay. There must have been a marathon be- ing run because there were runners for miles on the path between the wa- ter and train track as we passed Bellingham. The farming visible from the train was so green, with corn and al- falfa and more pumpkin farms. Colorful autumn leaves on the trees. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@gmail. com. JEANBARTON Pacific coast by bus, train and ship COURTESYPHOTO The interior of the King Street Station in Seattle was breathtaking, with ornate ceiling, white marble columns, green and gold mosaic and brass light fixtures. Kendra McCluskey is pictured. The 4-H Paper Clover Campaign in partnership with Tractor Supply Com- pany marks the sixth year of collaboration between the organizations on the national in-store fund- raiser, benefiting state and local 4-H program- ming in each of the com- munities where stores are located. The fall 4-H Paper Clo- ver Campaign runs un- til Oct. 18. Shoppers at the Red Bluff store will have the opportunity to support 4-H in Tehama County by choosing to purchase paper clovers for a $1 or more at checkout. All funds raised will be donated to 4-H and will support 4-H youth devel- opment program activities in Tehama County. The Tehama County UCCE 4-H staff and the county's Clover Pal mas- cot Wednesday presented the Red Bluff store with a certificate of apprecia- tion and purchased their clovers. Last year, across 49 states, the 4-H Paper Clover Campaign provided more than $1.7 million to 4-H across the country. All pro- ceeds raised directly bene- fit 4-H, with 70 percent of funds being returned to state and local 4-H pro- grams. Visit www.tractorsupply. com/4-H for more informa- tion on the fall 4-H Paper Clover Campaign and to view the donation tracker. Tehama County 4-H is now enrolling for the 2015- 2016 program year. Call 527-3101 or visit http://cete- hama.ucanr.edu/4-H_Pro- gram/ for more informa- tion. 4-H National fundraising campaign supports programs Thank you! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. 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