The Westin Mount Laurel

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Stay at Sol Duc hot Springs Resort where you'll find three spring-fed soaking pools that hold steady at 99, 101, and 104 degrees

Day 2:
Drive the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway Loop (past Forks) which connects with Upper Hoh Road. This scenic road will take you to Mount Olympus's blue Glacier.
Stay at Lake Quinault ...

... Aquatic Center and walk along the seawall to Spokes Bicycle Rentals (1798 W. Georgia St) www.vancouverbikerentals.com, $20/half day
Bike the 5.5 mile Stanley Park Seawall which borders the 1,000 acre Stanley Park, Canada's largest city park.
Spend the afternoon shopping and people watching on Robson St

Saturday:
Grab breakfast at Elixir, the hotel ...

Got up this morning early so we could have a quick shower then head into the city with Andy on his way to work for a few hours.

When we got dropped off it started to rain a little so Andy loaned us his Umbrella which turned out to be a life saver for the rest of the day.

We did the tour and seen the actual letter that was used and read out for the independece in the square, but realised at this point that we missed the signed copy that was ...

... to hear all the 10,000 new laws you have made for terrorism etc.....just say "Dood can't use that here.....take pic holding camera".

Anyway so you think he'd take our pic for us??? No chance.....he tells us to get another tourist to take it at 7:30am..........another going into the classic collection. Lucky two Canadian guys were also there for a few pics and took it for us.....they had a good laugh at the size of the ...

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 ...

... duck tour, th*t we got for t*king the B*ltimore duck tour. The tour w*s fun, *nd * good w*y to see *ll of the sites, without h*ving to w*lk to *ll of them. After the tour we were on * hunt for Philly's best cheese ste*k.

We h*d done some rese*rch before *nd found the three pl*ces th*t cl*im to be "the origin*l ...

Jennifer came in from DC last night and giggled under the sheet with me about life and Mel Gibson. Her suitcase is bigger than mine and between two packs, two carry-ons, two huge suitcases of LC's (we are taking stuff over for her house), two top heavy egos, and a combined super crude sense of humor we are chompin' at the bit to, as grandpa used to say, 'get this show on the road.' I am suffering from my usual anticipatory day-of-travel anxiety (RE ...

... plan was to be on the road to Williamsburg by Noon so we needed to get the earliest tickets that were available. The earliest tickets available were 12:45pm. We decided to take the tour even though it would put us behind schedule. The kids were tired and hot but they were glad they waited once we started the tour of the house and senate chambers and then went on the tour of Independence Hall and saw the room where the ...