Courtyard By Marriott Bensalem

Itinerary taken from Budget Travel

Day 1:
Bainbridge Island Ferry (35min) Seattle City across Puget Sound
Connect with Rt 101 and head west along Olympic National Park's northern edge
Enter thru the park's gateway at Port Angeles which feeds into Hurricane Ridge Road (a scenic drive thru 5,200 ft of cedar, maple & pine forests before ...

... br>Spend the morning hiking up Grouse Mountain, located 15 minutes outside the city. Head north over the Lions Gate Bridge, then drive all the way up Capilano Road. The trek is 2,800 ft up on a wooded dirt trail. At the top you can grab a latte and enjoy the view of the city. Tram it down for $5.
On the way back into town stop by Vancouver's oldest tourist attraction ...

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We decided to do a bit of an Aussie theme for them all so went to the shops to get all the supplies. No sausages tho which was a shame....We did manage to get some chicken ones and Italian ones then I decided to grab some Franks and give them a shot.
Linda went to work in the kitchen after we got home and prepared almost everything. Potato Salad, COleslaw, Minature Chicken Parmy's which were the hit of the night. We even managed to find regulR Nd ...

... and the fact it wasn't allowed.

So from then on we had to make a move to fit everything in. 1st up was the Lincoln memorial. THe a jog for about 2kms to Arlington cemetry for some more pics.
Then it was a jog back to the Washington memorial. We actually got tix for this as we were there so early....Went up and snapped more pics before then running for the hotel and booking out to get the 12.00 bus back to Phili.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States tman7deuce

Got up really early this morning (like 07:00) as I had booked tickets for the Statue of Liberty for 10:00. They did advise me on the phone that we should be there at about 09:00 to get through the security check.
We had to check out of the hotel room so everything was packed up pretty quickly and headed down to the reception to book out. While I was doing so Linda sussed out that Brekky was out to be server and she was grabbing some water...I put in my order for some OJ, which was ...

Just a quick one to say hi to all my mates from another US city of the revolution (a couple of hundred years ago) now the city of Brotherly Love & soft cheese ! Have spent a few days eating and drinking and catching up with Andy's former life / acquaintances etc - lots of rowing talk and seemingly collecting specimens for a stacked boat at Henley 2010. Back to London on Monday night and work shortly thereafter yeuck.

... and honoring those who died and suffered that winter. The National Park Service comes through in achieving this.
If you go, spend the extra cash on a tour, or drive your car through the park. I spent the day on foot exploring the grounds and it was a big mistake. I was there for hours, exhausted from the walking, and didn't get to see everything because I gave up mid-way through my self-guided tour. (As ...

... flavors of fountain soda. http://www.niftyfiftys.com/ Photo's from The Road Less Traveled http://www.artistrising.com/galleries/J oseph_Gillette

... are all putting on weight after a week or so so that gives you an idea of how it is here. So don't worry mum i'm eating as properly as i can but i'm going to ask for peanut butter sandwiches or somehting next week cos the fried food is just too much to handle anymore, i'm over it all. If our floor wins a pizza party...i won't be eating it :) Well that's all for now i'll post something after NYC. Thanks for all the emails i'll try to reply as quick as i can!! Love you all, Toni xo

... waited for our connecting flight to Philadelphia. The flight into Philadelphia was uneventful, but once we got to Philadelphia, the fun began. After waiting 15 minutes for our bags, we came to the realization that Cam's bag didn't make it to the East Coast (or so we thought). The Delta Agent was very sympathetic and told us she would track it down and have ...