Seattle
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Wednesday afternoon in Seattle: beautiful, crystal-clear...
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How cool is it to just have this gigantic mountain...
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This is pretty obviously a volcanic mountain. Also,...
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A sign on a waterfront pier.
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Another sign. No lighting fires or camping!
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Looking at some of the buildings of the city from the waterfront.
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The Smith Tower. Particularly interesting because of...
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As Josh explained, Seattle is very big on water...
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Jay looks towards Edmonds, WA, as we pull in to the dock.
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A seagull and a cormorant on the ferry pier.
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Look closely to see the two groups of scuba divers (one...
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The local climbing gym in Edmonds, WA, which has an...
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Catherine, trying not to be sick at the spillway at the...
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Ignore the blur to see the hummingbird!
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Jay and I visited the Chittenden Locks in the Ballard...
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Looking down into the big lock, at the seagulls. ...
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Now take a good look again. The picture above was taken...
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The small lock (30x150 ft), in use.
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Looking out into the sound (west).
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Looking east into Salmon Bay. The panels on the left...
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Water is lower.
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And even lower.
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To the side of the locks is a dam with a spillway. Dams...
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Weird drawbridge (I assume)-like structure in the sound.
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Scary scary amounts of water pouring through the...
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Water churning beyond the spillway.
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Sadly, we did not see any sea lions or seals. Wrong...
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A big ship in Salmon Bay. Amazingly, that boat went...
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The small lock ready to accept boats from the Sound. ...
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We also checked out the fish ladder, which was...
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The viewing room for the fish ladder. Theoretically,...
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Fish ladder viewing area.
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Jay watches a ship come through the lock as the skies...
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The Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder.
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I seem to see ASCE Historic Landmark signs everywhere I...
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Looking down at the Sound side of the locks from a...
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The big (closed) lock is on the left.
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Crazy big truss bridge on I-5 near the University of...
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Sunday night ended with a (short) microbrewery pub crawl...
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Up next was the Elysian Brewing Company restaurant/bar...
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This beer was delicious. I have often heard of pumpkin...
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Sarah, Bob, and Lucie, waiting on the boat to take us to...
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Catherine, Bob, and Lucie. It was very, very sunny!!
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Boats in Lake Washington
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Coming in to Husky Harbor, right next to the stadium.
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This was our boat across the lake. It would stay here...
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The Fan Zone at the stadium.
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Looking at the field from our seats. Not too shabby!!!
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Sarah, Lucie, and the friend who Bob has had seats with...
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It was 9/10, so there was a lot of America-themed...
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Sitting on the boat on the way back to Kirkland.
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On the way back, with the stadium behind me.
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The local police boat, complete with triple 350 motors,...
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James Bond's car! This was the one actually used in one...
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The car was in town for the Kirkland Concours...
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Sunset viewed across the lake from Bob and Lucie's. ...
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More sunset, more fire.
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Forest fires are no good, but the sunset sure was beautiful.
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Looking towards Seattle from the Fjeldstad's balcony. ...
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Eleanor and Catherine at Laredo's in Seattle. The...
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Unfortunately, UT lost and we didn't have tickets to the...
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Most of our beers overlapped... I'm trying The Horror,...
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Details of these beers...
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More details...
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This one was flat-out gross. It tasted like flowers,...
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More details. The two very dark beers (this one and The...
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Last description.
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Now, next to my list of beers is a pint of what I...
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... fortunately, this face does not describe my feeling...
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See! Happy! On the left is Stephen Pool, a UT grad from...
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Happy!
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Hey Jay! Look! Taco Tuesdays!!
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Stephen and Eleanor with the Olympics in the background....
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Looking towards downtown from Eleanor's apartment. ...
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Sunday AM, we went to Mecca Cafe for breakfast, and not...
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Flying out of Seattle, looking at the Olympic Mountains...
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Big ol' salmon waiting to be bought at the Pike Place...
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Uh oh. Someone is guarding the beans.
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Apple-anache. Love it.
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I thought this was a neat poster for the South Lake...
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It was beautiful in Seattle - sunny and in the high 60s...
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Flying back into Seattle.
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Another shot of the sunset.
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Cool window art at the Seattle airport. Of course, as I...
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Looking towards Moloka'i from the beach in front of Bob...
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Footprints being eaten by the waves.
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Lahaina Yacht Club sign.