Travelodge Mount Vernon

Fort Flagler is a Washington State Park located at the end of Marrowstone Island. It is a former (1897-1953) United States Army fort. It is named after Brig. Gen. Daniel Webster Flagler. It's main purpose was to guard the entrance to the Puget Sound, along with Fort Worden and Fort Casey.<br><br>The park itself sits on a bluff overlooking Puget Sound. On a clear day it has spectacular views of the Olympic and ...

Wednesday we drove north to Everett to visit the Boeing. We took a tour of the 472 million cubic foot plant. Well, not exactly... we saw two sections of it. It's amazing to see how many planes are inside and how the process all comes together. We saw the new 787 Dreamliners being assembled. And we saw the Dream Lifter - a modified aircraft that can ...

Well, another oil change and a new front tire. Skagit Valley Polaris folks couldn't be nicer. My, how the money flies. Hard to believe the big fella is over 13,000 mi old now. Ran an errand in Bellingham and now riding south along the coast (Chuckanut Dr and Rte 11 - ah, the evergreen scent) to Anacortes. The road is glorious with twisties ...

Leider konnten wir heute nicht wie geplant Richtung Osten fahren. Wir mussten leider Festellen das das Auto nicht mehr fahrtüchtig ist. Einer von den Kipphebeln die die Ventile steuern ist einfach durchgebrochen. Morgen früh kommt wahrscheinlich ein Mechaniker der sich die ganze Sache mal mit Niko zusammen angucken will. Dann werden wir entscheiden was wir machen. <br>Den Autoproblemen zum trotz haben wir heute einen guten Tag gehabt. Wir waren auf dem ...

... hour is up and head back to pick up Karon. This time Earnie takes the option of sitting outside on the garden siding and Rick braves the hairdressing salon. Nope Karon is "out the back" oh well I will wait, eventually she turns up and the hairdresser also turns up and immediately asks Rick for some "insights" ( someone has been talking about him behind his back he "Thinks") anyway the job done and we head for some lunch, gee they serve big servings here when a simple thing like a ...

... Vancouver is all about and we didn't see that earlier. However, the one street we did see it was one long street. Vancouver made a fun day and it was my first experience in Canada. It didn't feel too much like I was in a different country...I guess we were so close to the US border. But hey...one more country to check off my list! :-) Over the border and through the woods we went back to the house in Deming ...

... Defense. There were a few pieces and molds that Mike simply said "I can't tell you what that is" or "I don't even want to know what that is". It's probably good that I didn't have my camera. All in all we had a fantastic day with the Janickis. Beyond their kindness to us they seem to care a lot about supporting the local economy and are very patient and altruistic to young people in general. I was surprised to hear Mike, in spite ...

... and complaining. We finally settled the case on G's lap and opened the side flaps so he could see through the mesh and it calmed him down a bit, although he performed the Demon Cat act a few more times, maybe on principle. Bujiong, on the other hand, was a furry little angel. We heard not one peep out of her during the whole flight. It seems that my next "project" is to write a letter of complaint to Air Canada because though we made it clear ...

... little after 8am we were rolling down Canada Highway # 1 toward the Ashcroft turnout. We made the turn and immediately our world changed before our eyes. We had been in a high desert area, complete with sage brush, sand and warm temperatures. As we turned toward Ashcroft the highway began a rapid descent and signs of extensive irrigation showed up. We saw extensive fields, green with irrigation out in the desert area. I thought we were in California! We saw corn fields and something ...