Oxford Suites Silverdale

... up to the hills!

Anyway, this was really just an introductory post. I'll try to update as often as I can without making my posts too inane or redundant, and I'll try to post pictures whenever my internet connection will allow it.

I hope everyone is having a good summer!

"Goin' places that I've never been

Seein' things that I may never see again,

And I can't wait to get on the road again!"

... and a greater "% synthy" scene. But "100% synthy" does not necessarily mean better. In this scene I've included maps, and hieroglyphs which aren't meant to connect, but add to the experience. 08) Here's the GRID VIEW in FULL-SCREEN mode. More ...

... point, all three boys excitedly get up and run towards the house, their sand castles already forgotten. I think this story has stuck in my mind because everywhere I look I am reminded of it. It seems like everyone is defending their sand castles, making plans to acquire more sand or crying when the tide comes in and washes it all away. Few seem to have the peaceful ease of realization that it is all for nothing, that building sand castles is fun, but they ...

... over they would make one together. Matthew and Linda had her Dad arriving today so we thought we would leave them to it tonight and came back home to make the gingerbread house. Well I tried to make it. I didn't read the instructions very well and the icing was a little runny so when we put it together it wouldn't stay. We had to wait for the icing to set a little and then when we were putting the lollies on the roof they ...

... meant to her. Daisaku Ikeda once said, "Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds passage to the listener's soul, striking his or her heart and causing it to sing out; the human voice summons something profound from deep within, and can even compel a person into action." The trip back was quite... a trip. The whole 11 miles after midnight through the ...

... to put up with me while I wait for my leg to heal. Enough of the update stuff, though, now I have a bald-faced appeal for charity. Not for me, but for the Isle de Ometepe--the place where I wrecked and where the people were unbelievably helpful when I needed them most. The Bainbridge-Ometepe Sister Island Association is an organization based out of Bainbridge Island ...

... barrage of useless, meaningless information which was for the most part, completely off topic. Every time a new set of victims, er, passengers boarded the bus - we were reminded about how she was once Miss Congeniality many, many, many years ago. Instead of suffering through the complete tour, we made our escape at the next stop which luck would have it, was the Space Needle. Soon we were afforded a good view of the city, which with the ...

... and so we celebrated by seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls and having dinner. The 27th was just killing time until tomorrow when we would leave to get married. On December 28th, 2006, Bethany and I set out north to the San Juan Islands to get married. We arrived very early as we were told that on occasion the ferry will be full and people would be turned away. Not us. We walked around a little before the ferry arrived and soaked in the crisp and ...

... were kept hollow and the level one of many of these downtown buildings were then placed underground. The underground then served as a great place to store perishable foods, money and gold during the gold rush and later during the prohibition served as a great location for speakeasys and brothels. Overall the tour was very entertaining and afterwards I figured since I was in Seattle I better had a Starbucks as we had seen the very 1st Starbucks the day ...

... besides living in Oregon and Texas for a few months when I was a child. On a larger scale, I never really traveled outside the USA, except for a few times to Vancouver, Canada when I was young.

So on the night of August 7, 1999, I stayed at the Red Lion Hotel across the street from the Sea-Tac Airport. I couldn't wait to wake up at 4:30AM, catch my plane, and get started on my new adventure.