Holiday Inn Downtown-Everett

Sunday: Traveled towards Seattle and we happened to cross over part of the "coulee" that we had not seen yesterday. What a beautiful site...then it was a miracle, after crossing the water, trees appeared. We were getting more into the lush area that you associate with Washington State. We got a glimpse of Mt. Rainier although it was almost 50 miles away. I had a hard time finding a campground (some were right on the expressway and packed the ...

... nktlicher Start in Richtung Zwischenziel Kopenhagen. Nachdem ich zu dieser zeit schon 28 Std wach war, wollte mein Körper einfach nur schlafen und hab somit vom Flug wenig mitbekommen. Landung in Kopenhagen. Hier hatten wir jetzt 4 std. 20 min Aufenthalt ohne große Vorkommnisse. 15:50 Uhr deutscher Zeit geht's los in einem Airbus 340-300 (die Lufthanseaten mögen evtl. Falschbezeichnung entschuldigen). Auf jeden ...

... I won't venture weather Jet is tasty.) (but has made a rockin' video of the grim reaper playing "rock band" on the playstation 3.) He also has a mantle full of funny hats, which I drew in my travel journal (shown here.) The pirate hat is missing, b/c he took it with him to use for the day. Tough, working for Microsoft. --Z Massive breakfast was had with the Mike/Gary et al. van tour. they are looking tanned and poorly shaven ...

Day Ten- What Country Are You From? Talking and Flying Around the Seattle Area Today's blogger and photog: Kory I don't think that we mentioned it before, but I've been surprised at the number of people who seem to have a bit of trouble understanding our accents - and we don't have heavy Southern accents, by any means. We've had to repeat our food orders to people several times, and I've had a couple of people say they liked my accent. Our waitress this morning (Karin at Randy's, a ...

... it was more normal. Post birth - Sheryl's platelets have gone back up to normal levels!! (yeah!!! Enter crowd applause!) This is wonderful news.  However, her blood pressure has seemed to spike and right now they have put her on bed rest for a few days and some medications to bring it down. It is most likely a reversible thing - especially attending to it now and nipping it in the bud.  You can imagine this has been a little nerve wracking - on top of everything else ...

So it all began in Seattle...Well, for Pat it began in the Phillipines, then Guam, then Hawaii, then Seattle...but you get the picture! This was where the adventure began...and 2 1/2 months from now we'll see where it ends! (if it ever does?)

... I only changed my watch. Anyways at the airport I checked in and lined up in the ridiculously long security lines. It was the longest line I have ever seen for airport security and took a long time to clear. Once through I walked to my gate and waited the 15 minutes till boarding. At 9am (boarding time) there announced that the plane was experiencing mechanical problems and the aircraft was to be delayed at least an hour. Damn. I wandered around the airport a bit and grabbed a ...

... watch at Grandads!)), I went up the Space Needle twice, once in the day and then to watch the sun set over Seattle. I also went to the Science Museum which had an exhibit called 'collosal fossils' but compared to the Natural History Museum was anything but collosal! I ate fish n' chips on the pier and took a tour of old seattle which is underground!!! Gooner and I tracked down a statue of Jimi Hendrix and he insisted on having his picture taken ...

Well this is it, the day before I leave. I am pretty close to all packed, I need to finalize what books I will bring with me, get my camera ready, go shopping for a few last things. I sure hope everything fits in my big suitcase. I bet it will be overweight. Summary of travel to get to our destination: Fly to ...

We drove from Vancouver to Seattle today and checked into a hotel, then made our way to the Key Arena for the Nine Inch Nails concert. This concert, with Queens of the Stone Age opening, was the inspiration for our entire trip. We both really wanted to see QOTSA and when we saw they were in Seattle ...