I'm Back
I have returned from my mini-vacation to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Much fun was had by all. On Friday, we traveled up to Whidbey Island, drove around, and then headed over to the Olympic Peninsula to look around. Magnificent.
Saturday we spent doing more technical type stuff. We began the day touring a Russian Cobra submarine, and then headed over to Boeing Field and the Museum of Flight. Really cool, and definitely things I wouldn't have done on my own.
Afterwards we returned to sightseeing, driving up to Lake Union to look at the houseboats and then over to Queen Anne Hill. We ended up taking the adults-only tour of the Underground. It wasn't particularly X-rated, but some of the tales of the parlor houses, brothels, and cribs wouldn't have been appropriate for children. There is a more family-friendly tour during the day. The Underground is pretty neat, and you definitely learn a fair amount of city history, so I would recommend it to any visitors to Seattle.
I snapped a few photos on Friday, so without further adieu.
A lighthouse on Whidbey Island
A view of the mountains from Dungeness
A view of the mountains from a ferry crossing the Puget Sound
Only in Seattle - A Starbucks with a drive-thru window.
I debated whether or not to post this picture, because I don't think it's particularly good. However others have said it's a good picture of me, so judge for yourselves. My friend snapped it while we were eating breakfast on Friday morning. Yes, that is my Blackberry in my hands.
Comments
It is a very good picture and you look no older than your late 20s!
It sounds like you had a great trip. We'll have to head out that way someday!
Posted by: Anne | August 23, 2004 04:07 PM
Did you get to consume any loganberry or morganberry pie on Whidbey?
The next time I head back to Sequim and escape to Whidbey, I will consume massive amounts of pie.
Posted by: Laurence Simon | August 23, 2004 04:29 PM
Pie? Man, I had no clue the pie was great on Whidbey. Had I but known. Ah well, next time I'll be forewarned.
Posted by: Lesley | August 24, 2004 07:59 AM
If you had played your cards right, Agent Cooper, you could have had damn fine coffee and damn fine pie. Oh well.
Posted by: Jon | August 24, 2004 07:51 PM
We've got a drive-thru Starbucks and when I stopped and calculated how much money I was spending there because of the convenience, I decided to quit cold turkey and start making my own frappacino's....lol.
Posted by: Trish | September 2, 2004 09:06 PM