Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites North Sequim

... Country in between Vernon and Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley. It was a perfect road trip - music from my Zune loud and clear, dry, uncrowded roads, supreme, constantly changing scenery.<br>I love BC! Every time I drive through it I'm reminded that it's the most beautiful place in the world.<br>

... ul>Mark and I went to Fort Flagler for July 4th weekend. It was packed with people from all over. One of our favorite things is to ride our bikes and look at all of the license plates on the vehicles and campers. We like to see how many are from out of state.<br><br>We really enjoyed Fort Flagler. It offers great trails for riding bikes (you share with the hikers). It was a lot of fun exploring the old ...

... the dexter disc brakes on the fifth wheel have been great, I dont think I would want to tow the fifth wheel with drum brakes.<br><br>So there you have it, another year gone by, tomorrow Amanda  runs in the Victoria marathon, and next Friday we fly back to New Zealand, its been a great trip, and I would encourage anybody thinking of such a journey to get on and do it before homeland security makes it totally impossible!!!<br><br> 

... ab von nordamerikanischem fastfood und welches ich bestimmt jeden zweiten tag bestellte. hab in dieser bar viele reisende und auch nicht-reisende kennengelernt und deshalb kamen in mir ein erstes mal abschiedsgefühle auf, als ich mich mit sack und pack richtung fähre nach seattle aufmachte. <br><br>ah ja, das kanadische gesundheitsministerium hat mir einen meiner tagesausflüge so ziemlich vermiest... da machte ich mir die mühe eine buslinie zu den butchart gardens zu finden ...

... chocolate. I didn't take a picture of them before they were consumed. I'm so ashamed of myself. <br><br> On the way back from Sequim, (and after more email and work calls) we decided to stop at two wine tasting shops. Olympic Cellars had good wine and featured, "The Working Girl" labels and artwork. Very amusing. I picked my mom up a neat sussy from here. Our favorite of the two was, however, Harbinger Winery. The guy working ...

Leaving Masset, we headed south again back toward Skidegate. On the way we stopped to look around at Pure Lake - a tiny provincial park just off of the main road. If you ever go there watch out for the spiky grass that doinked Angela in the eye and gave her a red eye for about 5 days. After Pure Lake we stopped at Port Clements, another tiny town, where we visited a little ...

... built below the water table, meaning it was built below the tide. So to remedy this, they just built the rest of the city one story up. So, there exist an "Old Seattle" below the current ground floor of present day Seattle. It's inhabited by millions of rats, demi-humans, and teenage mutant ninja turtles. The underground was actually very interesting to see. Guiding us through the catacombs was a man who resembled, both in appearance and comedic personality ...

... left hundreds of thousands in the greater Seattle area without power for days (blah blah blah, I'm sure people watched the news), so we were pretty lucky to only have to stay in a hotel for a night. Even if it was a slightly dodgy roadside attraction. Anyways! I got to see lots of friends and family, and we sang tons of Christmas carols in the days preceding the 25th ...

... more. Until classes begin, I plan on enjoying as much of the beautiful Seattle summer as I possibly can. And if any of you find yourselves out our way, there is an empty futon and two sisters who would be more than happy to show you our city. M: Thank you a million for being supportive of this trip. From e-mails to reading the blog to encouragement before we left. Coming back to our friends and family was the easiest part of the end. And now, we gleckel on to grad school...

... that it would be the needed tonic I was looking for. So, over the years, I made my way to larger and larger settlements until I finally landed in Seattle. Not one of the largest cities in the States by any means but large enough to offer all the opportunities I was looking for...But walking around the downtown for the last week or so and having all the horns and trash and general organized pandemonium envelop me I knew it was time. As is ...