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Seattle

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

We went to visit my Uncle Jon, Aunt Lori, and cousins who live just outside of Seattle. We had a great time, did all the touristy stuff and we were just in time to see the Fremont Street parade. It is a big hippie gathering and parade which includes the naked bicyclists.
We went up in the Space Needle, saw the fish being thrown in the market and even saw the original Starbucks. The original logo was a little more risque than the one you see now. 🙂
Jon and Lori have a beautiful place and were nice enough to let us park Pinky in the driveway and feed us for a couple of days. Good fun.

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View of the city from the Space Needle.

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My cousin Angela and her husband Aaron in front of one of the art cars at the Freemont Street festival.

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One of the naked cyclists, really done up for the event.

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Dave and Uncle Jon in front of the famous market sign. The fish are being thrown just behind them. 🙂

Mt. Rainier National Park

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

We really didn’t expect what we found we arrived at Mt. Rainier. All the hiking trails above 5000 ft. in elevation were buried under 3 feet of snow! We hiked around anyway of course, and even got caught in a white out. It was fun, lots of people were still out skiing and snowboarding. Unfortunately, like St. Helens, we never actually got to see the mountain due to cloud cover. But, there was a lot to do in the Park, lots of trails to hike, and we had a good time.

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Beautiful scenery.

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Unless you can’t see it due to snow, sleet, and rain!

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There I am, hiking in the snow!

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Dave finally gets to go sledding!

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I’ve been looking for weird squirrels to take pictures of for Lane, but havn’t seen any. I did get this funny picture of a marmot, though!

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At lower elevations there was a lot of green, really cool waterfalls and nice trails.

Breakdown!

Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Well, as soon as we left Mt. St. Helens we noticed Pinky wasn't running well. Going up the mountains we had no power. We stopped and went into the nearest town for Dave to try and get some parts to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mt. St. Helens

Friday, June 16th, 2006
Had to visit the famous site while in the area. I was really excited about it but it was not actually as cool as I thought it would be. It was very cloudy during our visit so we could not ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mt Hood

Friday, June 16th, 2006
Well, we didn't climb Mt. Hood for various reasons, well, mainly due to lack of planning. I guess we should have contacted the guide service before we arrived at the mountain...bah. We did get a wonderful view and to hike ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hood River, OR

Friday, June 16th, 2006
We stopped by Hood River, which is a beautiful town right on the Columbia River. It is also where they brew Henry Weinhard's and Full Sail so we stopped by the brewery for a tour. hoodriver.jpg[Continue reading this entry]

Into Oregon

Friday, June 9th, 2006
We are moving into Oregon now, one of 2 states where you are not allowed to pump your own gas at a gas station (New Jersery is the other). I'm not sure what it tells you about a state when ... [Continue reading this entry]

Surprising Idaho

Friday, June 9th, 2006
Idaho is a state that always seems to surprise me. I guess it's partially because I don't have high hopes for it so the two times I've been there I've been really surprised and pleased. This time we camped at ... [Continue reading this entry]