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And I’m back! FINALLY!

On June 24, 2009 · 6 Comments · In san francisco, seattle, vacation

OK, so that whole “blog through our vacation” thing didn’t work out so well this time. Really, it was for a number of reasons:

1) Our internet access was somewhat limited. We had a few connectivity problems in Seattle, and then in San Francisco, the hotel wanted to charge us $12.95/day for internet access. And […]

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Ride the Ducks

On June 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In seattle, vacation

Today, it was back down to the Space Needle. This time, for a Ride the Ducks tour. :) Sure, it was cheesy. And totally, completely touristy. But you know what? It was also a lot of fun. We probably should have started our trip to Seattle this way, instead of ending it, but I […]

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Space Needle & EMP

On June 17, 2009 · 1 Comment · In seattle, vacation

After the exhausting day we had yesterday, we took our time getting out of the house this morning. Another overcast day. What a shocker.

On our agenda? The Space Needle.

Self-portrait with the Needle. To get this, it took about 5 tries. :)

Despite the less-than-ideal weather, we decided to fork over the […]

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Victoria

On June 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In seattle, vacation

We were up bright and early this morning to get downtown to the Port of Seattle. We took the Victoria Clipper (a high-speed ferry) up to Victoria, British Columbia for a day trip. The ferry departed at 7:30 a.m.! Ooof!

The ride was about 3 hours each way, so it was a lot of time […]

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Pike Place & Seattle Underground

On June 15, 2009 · 1 Comment · In seattle, vacation

This morning, we woke up to overcast weather. Welcome to Seattle!

It was supposed to burn off in the afternoon, but we saw very little sun today. Bummer. But you know… it wasn’t raining. For that, we are grateful.

After a little breakfast and showers, we headed right on down to Pike Place Market to […]

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