There is strong evidence that the observable universe is composed almost entirely of ordinary matter, as opposed to an equal mixture of matter and antimatter. This asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the visible universe is one of the great unsolved problems in physics.
Vashon Island had to be passed on each journey up and down the Sound. It was named for a friend of Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy, Captain James Vashon. (Meany, p. 326).