| Seattle and the Pacific Northwest - May 2007 (Part 1) |
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| After nearly two and a half years it was recently time to go "home" for a visit. We had a great time! But first a flight to Bangkok, a few days by the pool, and then long flights to Seoul and Seattle with a 12-hour stopover thrown in. |
| We hopped an Air Asia flight to Bangkok... |
| ...and soon we were on our way! (LONG flight) |
| Mothers Day was on the first Sunday of our visit. |
| It is rare to have the family together like this - good times! |
| All together now - pets included |
| Love you Mom! |
| Showing Tee my city from the picture postcard viewpoint |
| Tee checking out my Bro's "Hog". No rice rockets allowed! |
| Ferry leaving Seattle for the Olympic Peninsula |
| Tongue Point near Port Angeles. |
| What you see is $30 worth of firewood from the local supermarket - no joke. |
| Bad case of jetlag? |
| a King and His castle |
| Burning wood at 10 cents/minute |
| ...and the first grand sunset |
| The first night with a campfire |
| The snowbanks are still well-overhead in May |
| Speaking of firsts - here's Tee's first encounter with snow - ever! |
| Tee realizes that after sliding on snow you do get a wet butt |
| Did we forget to set the parking brake? |
| Enough for today |
| Not imtimidated by the cold frothy surf. This aint Thailand. |
| We found this Blue Grouse hooting and prancing around during mating season - and we heard at least 3 others nearby. |
| Something you find almost year-round at Hurricane Ridge. Deer are very tame and will walk right up to you looking for food. |
| Giant surf logs at Rialto Beach |
| One of the local fauna we'd rather not bump into. |
| After a long day of swimming, the rock crawled its way back to safety |
| Looks like southern Thailand - but why's it so cold? |
| A vibrant green amemenemenmenonie |
| The locally-famous "Hole in the Wall" at one of the years' lowest tides |
| We found this sea lion happily frolicking in the surf |
| After another long beautiful walk, Tee is tired and someone has been disturbing the local rocks again. |
| We were the only people at the Mora campground. Spooky at night, blissful in the morning. People who live with forests like this every day might forget how special it is. |
| Giant spruce tree at the Hoh Rainforest |
| Giant tree from the recent past |
| environmentally-correct telephone |
| Bigfoot is alive and well in the PNW |
| The hardest job of the day |
| Good times on Kalaloch Beach |
| Tee is happy-tired again |
| Another fantastic sunset... |
| Tsunamis are on the risk-list here too |
| Heavy traffic at Ocean Shores |
| Thankfully there are still cheap little motels like this |
| Mom and Dad with Tee and the beach I grew up on - swam here every summer for ten years. |
| The playground at L.P. Brown Elementary School - (almost) exactly as it was in 1971 when I began 2nd grade here. |
| Downtown Olympia - another trip down memory lane... |
| Giant Rhoddies at our state's Capitol |
| Back home with Mom and Dad - We made dinner for once. |
| Time for a travel break and a few days at Taylor Base Camp. |