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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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East to West

On June 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In seattle, vacation

Today was our travel day.

Our flight didn’t actually leave home until 5:00 p.m., so we had much of the day to get things done. We even went over to Michael’s parents’ for a while to see his sister and our nephews, who had driven in for a visit.

The flights were on time and […]

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24 Hours

On June 12, 2009 · 3 Comments · In san francisco, seattle, shopping, vacation

24 hours from now, we’ll be on a plane, officially starting our vacation!

This week has been pretty crazy. I’ve just had a lot of stuff going on, in addition to preparing for our trip. I can’t even believe we’re leaving tomorrow. It seems like we’ve been talking about this for so long, and it’s […]

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