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Olympia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Olympia, United States
Homestay with Colleen & John Paul
This is a top pick! ... to drive their Ford truck (I want one of those, they are so cool!). We were fed and watered and even got a tour of downtown Olympia. Apparently, I am the first family member to come visit them. So a note to all ye Fitzgerald's and Russell's out there, get ...
If It's Tuesday It Must Be Olympia
This is a top pick! ... GRAND-KIDS to see them all. Me and the G-Kids! What a time we'd have! I've made slight headway -- Jeffrey and Matthew to Olympia, and Matthew to Helena, Bismarck and Pierre. (Pierre is the only one-syllabled state capital, by the way, "Peer" being the ...
Stranger days have arisen
... food for the next sixty days. It's nothing more than a logistical nightmare as we shut down all of our resources here in Olympia, we are simultaneously scrambling to do our final prep work for a trip that will continue for a year. A year do you ...
Olympia And The Boeing Museum
Here are some pics of our trip to the Boeing museum in Everett, Washington and also of Olympia in Washington at the start of our ...
A Few More Days...
It's curious how life unfolds itself. It seems so mysterious at times and yet familiar like an old friend that can always be counted on. Random events, people and circumstances in hindsight appear to be very connected as if all of it has been ...
Young and Poor
... our minds we never took it seriously. Before we knew it we were watching Bode Miller and Johnny Moseley on TV from Olympia. We watched the Olympics on CBC because NBC's coverage sucked. We spent hours watching hockey and curling ...
Boxes and the storage unit
Welcome to the wonderful world of MOVING. Stage 37 of our year-long traveling circus. Stages 1-36 required perseverance and fortitude, but we prevailed. We've started to move out of San Francisco Ave NE. What a cute little house. ...
Life in a 15 x 5 foot cubical
Mark: Actually these are pictures of our stuff in storage. see we couldn't fit any more if we wanted to. I pity the fool who has to unload that. Yes, I am the fool in this senario. Anyway. It's all done and we are off to the Olympics ...
The last and the first day
Misty: It is hard to believe that it has come down to the last day in Olympia, WA and the first day of our adventure. There is no turning back now it is time to travel the world. I'm going out in to the world with my own ideas of how this next ...
Olympia - klein aber oho!
... hier ganz normaler Teil des korrupten US Systems) gemietet hat. Er nahm mich also mit in sein wahnsinns Haus, zeigte mir Olympia, eine sehr schöne Kleinstaft mit deutscher Bäckerei Café Konditorei, mit bewegtem Hafen an einer süßen Bucht. Ich lud ...
Structure and Freedom
Another big purchase and choice taken care of today. Tickets to Thailand and India. We will be traveling to Thailand in and out of Bangkok. In India we will fly into Mumbia and leave the country from Delhi. The whole trip all ...
Tossed salad n scrambled eggs, were calling again
Wed 6th Sept Sadly no moose. Crossed into Idaho. New for Brian, his 32rd state visited. Passing the big city of Spokane. It seemed rushed and busy on the highway after the wilds of Montana. Then onto flat endless empty rolling hillsides for about 250 ...
OLYMPIA - GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS & SHOPS
... ;BUT WORTH A LOOK. IF YOU EVER GET UP THIS WAY, TAKE THE TIME TO VISIT. NEXT WE VENTURED TO THE WESTFIELD MALL IN OLYMPIA. THE USUAL CONGLOMERATION OF SHOPS INCLUDING JC PENNY, MACYS AND SEVERAL INTERESTING SPORTS STORES. ALSO SPENT A BIT OF TIME IN AN ...
Outdoor parties and festivities
What a wonderful evening last night. We had a great little going away party last night hosted by Tony and Kelli at their beautiful home. We had plenty of food and laughs, familiar faces and some great weather. I have to thank ...
Mt. Rainier and Olympic National Parks
Left Columbia Valley, waving good-bye to the orchards and vineyards, even a few fields planted with hops which reminded us of El Bolsón. Stopped at the public library in Yakima to check email, drove along Naches River and into Mt. Rainier National Park. ...
Mit dem Ventilatorsumpfboot zum Indianerdorf
Einmal mit so einem berühmten Airboot in den Everglades fahren, das stand ja schon letztens auf der Liste des Florida-Aufenthalts. Leider hatte es zeitlich nicht mehr geklappt. Nun haben wir ja hier unfreiwillig einen zweiten Aufenthalt und nutzen ...
An honorable place
... British freighter as the children were roped up one by one in stormy seas, and her eventual relocation to the United States. Yes, I love Olympia. Even the name is honorable. Facts: Washington was the FORTY-SECOND state. Date: November 11, 1889 State ...
a whirlwind summer
... from Bay City, Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin with my parents and boyfriend (approximately 400 nautical miles) - 9 day roadtrip to Olympia, Washington via the Badlands, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Missoula, MT, Walla Walla wineries, and finally Mt. ...
Back to Civilization
Miles Driven: 169.3 Average Speed: 37.1 Time in Car: 3:23:47 We awoke and were out of the camp in a hurry. Now that we had decided to get back to civilized life, we wanted to get there quickly. No doubt we were also driven along by our own ...
Heathrow to Olympia, quite a journey.
... airport (much cleaner than our airports at home) and although the weather was overcast, it stayed fine for our journey to Olympia, the Washington state capital. We had chosen our first night's stay purely as a stop over but were pleasantly surprised by ...
Chez Cascadia
... significantly more mundane fabrications these days (bear toilet paper dispensers?!?). Onward! Next stop: The Chez Cascadia hostel in West Olympia (capital of Washington). This place was clean and organized. It's run by Jonas who looked to be in his ...
Upward and Onward from Olympia
... on I-5 and we headed south to Olympia. We were met along the way by our next host, Alan Mountjoy-Venning, a member of Olympia Friends Meeting. He told us about the history of bike/pedestrian paths in Olympia and led us to his community's wonderful ...
End of another year
... into the distance he said fine and returned our passports. As border crossings go these days that was relatively easy. We then headed for Olympia, where our good friends Sam and Sig are storing our rig for us. It takes a fair bit of time to put the RV ...
Olympic Peninsula
... several of the World's Largest Trees. I spent Friday night with another couchsurfer person, Kim at her home outside of Olympia. She's a couple years younger and getting ready to retire from the army. Kim and her boyfriend were really welcoming. ...
Day 9- Olympia
The 4th of July! Independance day! Celebration everywhere... Or not. It seems Olympia shuts down for the holiday so we spent the day walking around the town until everything closed then decided to walk slightly further afield to the mall to watch a film, ...
Day 8 - Potlatch State Park to Olympia
... as it doesn't have a stand, we set off on our final 12 miles to our motel. We were taken onto the back roads into Olympia which was great as we got a great view of the water which we had been missing on the highway. Unfortunately we had a few massively ...
First Day
First day at the new job had to be there for 900 am. That was two hours ago for my MS and LA folks! It's a 20 mile commute to the hospital, there is no traffic on this 3 lane stretch of freeway so its not bad. However, the price of gas here is high ...
Gorgeous Day for Fireworks
It was a gorgeous day for fireworks at the Olympia Lake Fair this summer! Jackie Whedbee Copywrite 2010 Jackie Whedbee ...
The plan!
... ; Travel to Xian, to see the terracotta warriors Explore Hong Kong December: travel back to the states. The exact details are still kind of rough, but I see no purpose of planning every detail when in all likely hood ...