Swan Hotel Port Townsend

... 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 pieces of the 787 inside! It's huge and the tail opens like a door so that the 787 pieces can slide in and out on conveyors!<br><br>In the late afternoon we drove to Bellevue on the eastern side of Lake Washington. We visited the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The drive back to Seattle at sunset was amazing. We had dinner in Seattle at Von's, fantastic food!

... great vistas along cliffs. This weekend is the Oyster Run with 100s of bikes entertaining the local populace. <br>Mt Baker and neighbors spring up with snow-covered summits from time to time. The temp hovers from 68 - 74F in these lowlands. <br>Would not be hard to spend a week here, with orca and bird watching and the mountain roads.<br>

... audience who were very attentive and appreciative. Later in the program we shared the pulpit to talk about the significance of John Woolman in today's world and to talk a bit about our walk. Lisa had invited Nash's Organic Farm to send a representative with sample winter vegetables as an example of living locally and sustainably. There seems to be a lot of interest in this region about local organic foods--and why not, when many can be grown here year-round. After lunch at ...

... bridge on I-5 (despite the sign prohibitting it) - NOT going to happen, so we worked around by carrying our bikes through a field, over a barbed wire fence and through a patch of stinging nettles before crossing over to the bridge that does NOT have cars going 60 miles an hour with no room to pass. Another lost a wallet and had to go back and scramble around town to find it (hence the lateness), with each pod piling up stories ...

Thursday Nov 23, 2006 Game 1: NWT vs BC NWT Wins 6 -- 0 Ok, I think I actually feel sorry for the BC team....they only have 9 players, including the goalie - OUCH! They had one girl who actually played for 17 minutes straight. Needless to say we ran them into the ground. It was actually a very well played game. We definitely controlled the play and tempo of the game. Each of the lines that we have scored 2 goals and ...

... Lacy: "How many countries did you visit?" Dryver:"Including Monaco, which technically is a country, eleven and if you include the stopover in Doha, Qatar that's twelve but whose counting really...?! I Flew to England-then it was portugual-spain-italy -back to spain-france-italy-back to england up to scotland-thailand-Laos-Vietnam-Cambodia back to Thailand and flew to France to meet my mom-then last stop was New York city to visit ...

VICTORIA (actually Central Saanich), Vancouver Island- Saturday morning, Dad dropped me off at the ferries as I was on my way I over to Victoria to witness one of the most romantic weddings EVER as my friends Ryan and Tarryn shared a beautiful day with their loved ones. A quick shopping trip back in Vancouver enabled me to wear some respectable clothes (i think they were?) for the wedding as all I had on me were shorts ...

... trojans etc.). - Move out of rented property (leave enough notice). Alternatively rent/sell your house/apartment? - Sell your car? - Storage for your stuff. - Tax return. - Travel insurance (medical etc.). This is a must! - Medical/Dentist checkup. - Jabs/Immunization. Malaria prevention. Talk to a travel clinic if possible. - Address change? - Verify when your credit cards expire. Make sure you bring and/or e-mail yourself phone ...

... through this port was exceeded only by the port of New York. Then the Union Pacific Railway Company started operations. Railroad officials decided to end the track of the new continental railroad at nearby Olympia. Port Townsend's population dwindled, dropping from 9,000 to 2,000. It remained a backwater until the 1960's when it was "rediscovered" by artist types. Old buildings and homes were lovingly restored. By 1976 ...