On Saturday morning we met first cousin Bob Morse at Morse Steel Service. Bob has officially retired from active daily participation in the business, which is now being run by his son Mike. Bob showed us around the business, which included us having to wear hard hats while we were inside the work areas for safety reasons. I thought Hanna looked really cute in her pink hard hat. Outside, Susie and Hanna posed by one of the company trucks. And, or course, we had to have a photo of one of the original Morse Hardware signs. After touring Morse Steel Service, Bob took us to the new house he and Jeanette just moved to (they moved in on Thursday, two days earlier). We thought the house looked pretty good for just being moved into.
After leaving Bob and Jeanette's new home, we drove to downtown Bellingham where Bob showed us the location of the original Morse Hardware Co store on State St and the Morse house two blocks up the hill on North Garden. We left Bob at that point and went on to the Fairhaven District, where we had lunch at Mambo Italiano and then had a great time prowling around the old bookstore and shops. Anne Marie was modeling some clothing from the Fair Trade store, so we had a chance to visit with her a little more. Hanna really loved the book store and bought the fourth book in a series of novels by Stephenie Meyer she has been reading. Reluctantly, we finally had to leave so we could get ready for dinner (see Part 3 of the Visiting Bellingham Morses).
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