We had a fantastic evening at Seattle’s Seafair Torchlight Parade last night.
Thousands lined 4th Avenue from The Seattle Center to Qwest Field and we found a spot on Washington that saw a lot of action from the 100 groups of participants that had come from from all over the Pacific Northwest.
Just spent a day in Oregon wine country with Mike Thomas of Wine Tours Northwest who did an excellent job of showing the “fearsome five-some” – we were on a bachelor party weekend out of Portland – over 7 wineries in a day!
Found these photos of our 2010 Hong Kong trip on my computer and thought I’d share – mainly because of Ashley’s face in the last one!
Last month, I took Ashley to the Cave B Inn on the Columbia River Gorge in Eastern Washington. I was determined we’d have one last hurrah (Ashley called it a baby-moon) before our child was born, so what better destination for a pregnant lady but a famous winery!
Yes, that’s right! Over £15K or $25,000 for an 8ft by 6ft wooden hut by the sea that you can’t even sleep in by law!
A………..mazing!
But there is free parking so that’s a bonus huh!
Will write up a review of our stay at Cave B this weekend, but just HAD to get this photo up of Ashley on top of the cliff at the Columbia River Gorge.
She looks AMAZING!
This photo was taken at the same viewing point off the I90. Someone on Facebook smartly suggested that surely you should “listen out” for, rather than look out for these slippery fiends!
We didn’t come across any…. ;-(
Just spent an idyllic three days camping down at Summit Lake near Olympia in Washington.
Spotted Kirstie Alley and co from the US Dancing with the Stars show in Times Square yesterday morning. Not quite sure what the deal was, but there was quite a throng we had to wade though.
Can you spot her smack bang in the middle avec minder?
Posted this for Ashley who lets me “play on my computer” while she watches the show with gay abandon!
Well today being the first sunny Saturday of the year here in Seattle, Ashley, her sister Colleen, baby Julia and I ventured 10 minutes from our house, near the Seattle Arboretum, to check out the Japanese Garden on Lake Washington Boulevard.
This past Saturday held a first in my life – 1st time ever on a pair of skis!
My brother and sister-in-law – Chason and Aubrey – took me up to the Cabin Creek trail in Snoqualmie and we spent many a calorie trudging through some amazing scenery.
I’m paying for my exertion as I write this, because it really is a total body workout!
The skis are much thinner than downhill ones, and the trail is built with grooves in the snow to make it a little easier, but it’s still hard!
Aubrey giving me a helping hand…
Don’t get cocky or distracted though. I was admiring the scenery a bit too much and managed to perform an involuntary impression of the abdominal snowman!
Me and Chase
What’s amazing is A&C turned up at the house with some chocolate waffles and coffee at about 8.30am, we were on the trail by 10 and back in downtown Seattle by 1pm.
I had no idea the mountains and all this funtivity was so close.
Hoping to get up there next week.
Might be the last time before it all turns to slush…
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