Baymont Inn Suites Kirkland

I arrived home to the Northwest about a month ago. Three of us took the Amtrak Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle, a 46 hour trip leaving early Saturday afternoon and arriving late Monday morning. We spent most of our time on the train in the observation car, looking out the window, reading, knitting, and chatting. Volunteer park rangers joined us from time to time, riding a few stops along and explaining the scenery and history as we went by. Amtrak's sleeping ...

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City Church was very different from what I expected. It was a little light in attendance. We attended their 11:30am service. We were greeted warmly by a number of people. Everyone we talked with was very helpful, and seeing how they do the whole ...

... Val got some seafood medley thing that she seemed to enjoy. After lunch made our way to the SAM. I was a little annoyed because they don't allow pictures in the galleries :(, so sad ...

... Bears and the melting ice caps. Emotional. Then we walked to the Center for Wooden Boats - they were having a festival - but it was winding down when we finally arrived. We were able to board one boat and look around - very large wooden boat - slept about 12 people. Had a hotdog and rode the bus back to Alison's. Very full day. They give free boat rides every Sunday. Alison, we'll have to come back.

... in Bellingham, WA visiting my friend Laura Nash and getting what is hopefully my last share of snow for the year. Speaking of, here's some snow trivia that I just learned: Mt. Baker, which is part of the Cascade Mts to the east of Bellingham, holds the world record for most snow in a single season. In the 1998-99 season, they recorded snowfall of 1140 inches, roughly 95 ft.

... air adrenaline dose. More isolated than Yellowstone and RV free it outshone it's better known rival to the south. We'd spent the night before in East Glacier, on the edge of the national park, a small town (pop. 300) in one of the US's largest indian reservations. After dinner we tested out a local bar, and as easy as it is to do in America (unlike London, people talk to each other here) started chatting to some locals. Feeling a little like Louis Theroux in one of his ...

To wrap up the vacation, my dad spent a few more days with Doyle and me before flying home to Norway. We grilled and enjoyed the sunsets on the front deck, visited the Boeing plant in Everett and saw one of the 747 assembly lines, joined a wine tour at the Chateu Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville (http://www.ste-michelle.com/), watched the Blue Angels perform at Seafair with their ...

... FOKKER JET Airline Confirmation: ODQUYW Meal: Meals Mileage: 336 Smoking: No Sat, May 5 Flights: NORTHWEST AIRLINES, NW 33 From: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (AMS) Departs: 1:05pm To: SEATTLE TACOMA, WA (SEA) Arrives: 2:15pm Duration: 10 hour(s) and 10 m Seat(s): 31C Status: Confirmed Aircraft: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A332 JET Airline Confirmation: ODQUYW

First of all, Merry Christmas! I am just now getting a chance to update because it was a busy final week in Cannes, then packing and traveling home, then arriving to an electricity-less house. Apparently there was a giant windstorm two days before I got back, which knocked out the power in hundreds of thousands of homes throughout the area. That meant no heat, no lights, no internet, and no laundry, which I had a lot of after unpacking. We spent the week stoking the fireplace and ...

... drew a crowd. The exhibit rooms border on an unusual atrium. In the center rising to the third level is the largest display of guitars I have ever seen. Can we say "non-authorized Kodak moment?" It was tough leaving, but we knew our time was limited so over to the Space Needle. Kary and John went up to the top for the view. We've done this before, so decided to hang out down at the base until they were ...