Fourth Reunion Letter

2007 Kjellberg – Kjallberg Family Reunion Letter #4

July 17, 2007

Dear Family,

This is our last letter before everyone travels to Seattle for the 2007 Reunion. We are finalizing our plans and want to catch you up on the last minute details.

The reunion is July 29th – August 1st at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. It takes about 2.5 hours to travel from Seattle to Port Townsend, which includes a ½ hour ferryboat ride. On Sunday, July 29th, ferries leave from Edmonds every 40 minutes, starting early in the morning. We have included a map to Fort Worden. Check-in time at Fort Worden is at 3pm in Dorm #225. Follow signs to the Administration Office. The dorm is a large white building to the east (water side) of the Administration Office. Dinner the first night will be at 5:30pm in our own dining/gathering room in the Commons Building that has been reserved for our group for our entire stay at Fort Worden.

We hope that your time at Fort Worden will be fun and relaxing. Some optional activities are planned, but if you feel like just walking along the beach, hiking the trails, visiting or shopping then that will be your choice. We recommend bringing a bathrobe as the bathrooms are down the hall from the rooms. Also bring a jacket, as the evenings can be cool. Remember to bring your pictures from past reunions and pictures of what your family has been doing since we last got together. Include any genealogy updates you may have gathered.

The talent show is Monday July 30th. What are you planning to do for the talent show? Bring any props that you may need. Sern is arranging a golf game on Monday July 30th for those that are interested and Greg is arranging a trip to Hurricane Ridge on Tuesday July 31st. We will be posting other activities in the dining room.

The Kjellberg blog is a good resource for travel information and description of Fort Worden. Also information about optional activities and other reunion items can be found there. The blog is continually updated so check it out. The address is http://kjellbergreunion.blogspot.com/.

We’ve planned the following activities for before and after the reunion for everyone who is interested:

Friday July 27th – Seattle Center (including Space Needle, Pacific Science Center, Children’s Museum, Experience Music Project). In the late afternoon everyone is invited to Molly and Dillon Cady’s home located on Haller Lake for swimming, boating and a salmon barbeque.

Saturday July 28th – Pike Place Market, Downtown Shopping, Seattle Art Museum, have dinner downtown, and at 7:30pm the Seafair Torchlight Parade which travels though downtown Seattle.

Thursday August 2nd – Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Harbor Tour, Outdoor Sculpture Park, Nordic Heritage Museum and the Ballard Government Locks/Ship Canal. A group dinner location will be arranged.

Friday August 3rd –Woodland Park Zoo, Pioneer Square Historic District, Seattle Underground tour, and at 7:05pm the Seattle Mariners vs. Boston Red Sox Baseball game.

Just a reminder: Seattle has a CityPass for $39.50 (half-off the price of individually purchased admission) per person ($24 for Kids) that covers admission to Seattle Aquarium, Argosy Cruises Harbor Tour, Museum of Flight, Pacific Science Center and Woodland Park Zoo. Check out their website at http://www.citypass.com/city/seattle.html to see if that would be a good choice for you. A pass may be bought online or when you arrive. It is valid for 9 days starting the first day that it is used.

Please call us when you arrive in Seattle. We hope to meet many of you at the airport if we know your arrival time. Also call us if you have any last minute questions. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.

Love from the Eskel and Oscar Kjellberg Families