Olympia

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Jay took a picture of me as I headed out to my big...
Then, Jay wandered off around Olympia. I really...
Even though Olympia is a pretty small town (42,000...
The main product shipped out these days are logs. PS,...
Not long thereafter, the sun had come out strongly...
Looking the other direction (90 degrees to the left) at...
Another 90 degree turn and you're facing a switchback...
Jay trekked up the hill, and Capitol Lake can be seen...
The capitol building. The Texas Capitol is bigger.
The foliage was beautiful around the capitol. This is...
This big tree on the capitol grounds is supported by a...
Catherine, hanging out in the hotel after the interview....
Close-up. I almost look not unhealthy!
Upon discussing what we were going to do Saturday...
Thursday night, Jay arrived. Friday = interview, and...
Four slices of pizza and a pint of beer for $14. Not too bad!
The pizza was pretty delicious, too.
Yum. Morning bun from the Bread Peddler in Olympia, WA.
The new Olympian preparing her first meal at #204 Tabula...
And her dinner guests, enjoying the shoes off policy and...
View of Mt Rainier from the Alaska Air non-stop to...
And more or less straight down on Rainier. Summer snow...
Just the trailing south side of Rainier.
Up here in OLY, I can't find my favorite sandwich bread...
Not sure I'll be buying sandwich bread again any time soon!
Another adventure in baking: pumpkin muffins!
Oh, did I mention they had a cream-cheese filling? Yum.
Christmas Cookies 2011! Chocolate cookies with pecans...
Cookies in a glass container.
Ginger cookies with lemon filling... not very prettily...
Oatmeal chocolate bars.
My favorite peanut butter cookies.
Chocolate mint sandwich cookies. The cookies pictured...
Gingerbread stars. I have given up on lots of different...
A survey of all the cookies.
Almond Christmas tree cookies!
As if the day had not been incredible enough, we then...
I pulled over in hopes of getting a good shot or two,...
This picture does at least show the back half of the...
A final parting shot. I should also mention that...
Saturday night, the snow started falling in Olympia. ...
By Wednesday, I figured they actually had something to...
That's my foot buried in the snow. At work, I think it...
Wednesday night, I borrowed a shovel from my coworker...
As no one else chose to shovel out their "driveway",...
Most people didn't even try... this was a common site for days.
At the apartment, the snow came up to more like my...
Li'l Blue tucked in my garage. Not coming out any time soon...
They did snow-blow the walkways. When I asked if they...
The main road through the complex. There are two tire...
Thursday morning, I walked down Trosper Rd to catch the...
Crossing I-5, the bigger problem becomes evident -- it's...
We were at work for about an hour before this...
Getting back to my apartment... the buses are prepared!
After getting home to a cold, dark apartment, I left...
This car, window open, was probably not much fun to deal...
Like the bridge rail -- everything was coated in ice.
Fortunately, I remembered to bring my Nubrella on my...
More icy branches. I really love how this looks, if not...
The trees all look so sad...
I haven't gone to check if this one is going to make it....
More beautiful ice.
The complex pool and not-so-hot tub.
I can't imagine this cactus-like plant has any business...
More icicly tree branches and berries.
As evening set in, I saw by the biggest window and read...
The sky was a beautiful color that isn't really captured...
As were these.
Friday I finally got out and was escaping to a hotel...
Close-up of a small tree in need of serious pruning. ...
Jay came to visit, and we decided to take advantage of a...
Like good hikers, I took pictures of the map in case we...
That Patagucci twins set off!
The trail wasn't much of a trail, and didn't seem headed...
Blue skies appeared! How nice.
There were a few signs along the trail, explaining that...
The remnants of a much older tree.
Getting back to the car after a fairly dull hike (with...
Also, a welcoming hut and bathrooms. This was literally...
The beaver pond. Note that while there is still blue in...
Jay on a bridge overlooking the beaver pond. No signs...
There were lots of ducks, though. These are all...
Quack quack.
Looks like a beaver has been here!
A tree stump in the damned part of the lake. It had...
A grove of trees by the beaver pond. In the end, we...
A couple weeks back, Diana and I took advantage of a...
I must like this place, there's a bridge!
Diana on the "beach". I have trouble truly accepting...
Lots of rocks.
Looking east at Puget Sound.
Now looking north / west. It was a beautiful day.
I really like this picture... except that somehow my...
Terrible shot, but that's actually a bald eagle, so I...
After Tolmie, we went to the Nisqually National Wildlife...
Another great pictogram for the books.
Diana looks for water creatures.
My camera really wasn't good enough to catch this well,...
The Refuge has a really nice boardwalk that stretches...
Pondering the yonder.
I think I'm trying to get a picture of the Tacoma...
While seeming like it might have been low tide, it...
I think there's a bird in the middle there that seemed...
Yeah, there he is.
Shadows!
Hey look, Dad, it's a dog! Wait, no, that's a heron.
Who apparently did not approve of my easy access to him...
And proceeded to stand there for a while. Nice life.
Interesting formation in the middle there. I was...
Looking west from the boardwalk.
Diana enjoys the sunshine.
There's a lot of boardwalk to go... At some point, we...
... so we ran, instead. We look a bit pathetically...
One last look out at the marshes and the end of the boardwalk.
The last weekend of April, Olympia hosts an event called...
Sylvester Park and the old Washington State Capitol...
I honestly am not sure I knew Olympia had this many...
Because of this, we know that cheese is good.
One solitary artist.
My new friends Jen and Jake.
While in Austin, I taught Diana how to do a Hook 'Em for...
The beginning of the parade! As far as I can tell,...
According to their website, the Procession "is a joyous,...
This primarily resulted in people dressing up, often in...
Look, a dinosaur! I'd be scared, but I'm pretty sure...
Antelopes and a lion.
Aardvarks were very popular.
This was a common sight - a parent carrying or holding...
Animals and a moon.
Unicorns, I love them, unicorns, I love them. ...
A baboon showing off his baboon butt.
A sock monkey! John suggested (after the fact,...
This guy was definitely my favorite. Look how cute and...
I don't know why this lion was so cute to me.
I didn't even think about the appropriateness of my...
Time to get on the crazy giraffe-slash-megabike.
I never did understand what this lady was doing or what...
This buffalo was very well done.
Diana's friend Tim, as a hummingbird (he was on...
A giant spider!
Mother bird, and baby.
These dandelion costumes were very well done. Look at...
I hope the snails traded off who got to ride on the...
Praying mantis. Apparently some of the bigger, airier...
Centipede and the world. And a large yellow bird-thing.
Awesome kicks on one of the centipede parts.
I've shown a lot of the pictures of people dressed like...
These ladies... belly-danced? in bras and crepe-paper skirts.
Example of an adorable but unhappy child, being toted...
A jazz band of piranhas.
This guy was super-psyched that he got to be the one to...
A geoduck (gooey-duck) (the mascot of the Evergreen...
A giant microscope.
If only I'd kept up with my fluting...
Shamu riding up a wave. I realized too late that I...
Awesome owl hat!
We escaped the procession to go get some snacks at a...
More azaleas, with really big flowers.
I guess having something in the shot for scale would...
Looking towards the Olympia Peninsula from Swing Bar. ...
Jen at Swing Bar.
Jake shows off the wine-glass holder/tree provided with...
Catherine with her wine tasters.
Jen, Jake, Catherine, and Diana.
What a beautiful day to go sailing! Getting the cover...
John demonstrating the practice course we were going to follow.
Diana poses in the boat.
It'd be a lot cooler if we were off the dock, but it's...
I'm pretty sure this is what Diana saw a lot --...
A slightly happier face. Other stars are behind us.
Looking over the bow at our crash boat / instructor and...
Flying the jib.
More anxious staring at the sail...
Diana was full of smiles, though.
More smiles.
Freak thunderstorm (with lightning; very uncommon here)....
My new apartment! This picture taken from the front...
Now looking back at the living room / front door.
Front bedroom.
Closet of the front bedroom, and the front door.
From in front of the front bedroom door, looking towards...
Looking into the back bedroom.
And the other side of the room. This room would fit a...
Kitchen. The owners are debating painting the red walls...
More kitchen, with bathroom doorway visible.
Bathroom. Kind of small, but it'll do ok.
Gas fireplace heating unit and the two bedrooms.
Doorway from the parking lot.
More sailing photos! Catherine and Terri cruise during...
Close-up!
Headed downwind, or across the line.
All five boats in the regatta.
Linda and Wendy round the mark in Boat 17.
And settle in downwind.
Catherine and Terri near the mark.
Harumph. I tacked late; we're high up on the mark.
Having the main in the water is not fast.
We made it out in front, though, phew.
Time to settle in for downwind.
Headed to the mark in the next race (these photos...
Yesss, proof that we were in front around the mark --...
But drat, I overshot the mark again.
Less out in front this time.
At the mark.
Hike! I'm reassured to see that the bottom of the boat...
Cruising again.
Action shot of Terri. No idea what I'm looking at.
Whatever it is sure had my attention.
There's lots of stuff to do all at once, so this moment...
Ah, the upwind leg that broke my heart. We were well...
The result: 15 hits the line with us a good couple of...
Sadly, that was the end of our night. Headed to shore.
Possibly my favorite picture. Very full of emotion. I...
Catherine and Terri head out from West Bay Marina to...
One of our competitors in the background. We were just...
I figured out eventually that on beam reaches, it was...
The weather could not have been nicer. Sunny, warm, and...
Heading downwind, again possibly before the races...
On a reach.
Headed upwind. Looks like we're racing?
Or buzzing the committee boat, as the photographer was...
Speeding upwind.
Looks like we're still practicing, or cruising up and...
Now we're racing! Look at us, all in front of the other...
Headed past the pin towards the leeward mark.
Uh-oh, competition.
With two boats bearing down, I think we still came...
One of the trickiest parts of the Star boat is managing...
Cruising downwind "wing-on-wing", with the jib supported...
Heading upwind while two boats near the leeward mark. I...
Coming in to the finish.
Ready about!
Hard a'lee!
Coming around...
And out the other side...
Two more tacks later, finishing the race. I like that...
On the start line.
There was enough wind for me to be working hard.
It looks like there is about to be a giant collision,...
Sure enough, we pull ahead.
Downwind battle. This race turned into a bit of a mess...
And it wasn't until I started demanding mark room that...
I quickly ducked to their other side and ended up...
It definitely slowed us down, but we got to the windward...
Starting line!
If this is a start, I'm in great shape!
The red buoy is the pin.
Out in front of at least one boat.
This might be a finish. Seeing these photos, I'm pretty...
Get out and hike!
Some heel is fast. That much heel is not. Get the boat flat!
Sail 844 was, for three races, our big competition (we...
More downwind.
This mark rounding was a little hairy. We made it okay...
A nice shot of the committee boat and the majority of...
Catherine and Star crew Terri after winning the 2012...
Looking out over West Bay Marina towards the Olympics.
A couple weeks back, as we sailed in from a night of...
The boat is currently unloading those logs in Kure,...
I've been helping Boat Builder Bill work on a wooden...
He has also been working on this one, named Glisten. It...
Fancy woodwork (done by Bill and Jim Findley) on Sparkle.
Glisten on the left, Sparkle on the right, in Bill's workshop.
Through some fortuitous timing and nice people, I have...
John came to visit and on the slopes seemed like the...
Sunday, John and I rented kayaks and headed out into...
Catherine looks a little wary, too.
John out in the kind-of open water.
I never did manage to get lined up behind John with the...
Now that I'd paddled enough to not feel like capsizing...
Boston Harbor lighthouse.
Look at that many, many-legged starfish!
John explores the shore.
He also has started smiling.
Headed towards downtown.
Trying to capture the Olympics peeking out under the clouds.
Turns out I found it difficult to take a straight photo...
Making my kayak bigger than it really was.
Sea anemone enemies!
Mom - is this jack-in-the-pulpit? Or skunk cabbage?
John exploring the beach at Burfoot Park.
Bridges of the PNW!
We had no idea what was going on here: the large bank...
Catherine on a great PNW bridge.
In an effort to tire ourselves out before trying to go...
Also, the flowers have started blooming.
Catherine takes a picture of John taking a picture.
The Washington State Legislative Building.
The sky reflecting on the super-calm surface of Capitol Lake.
One last shot, with the rest of the Willamette River...
My friend Stephanie and I, after a nice bike ride. Best...
Contributed some beauty to the local landscape by...
A view of the lovely flower boxes outside my apartment,...
Close-up on the petunias and heather (?).
More wild sweet peas, on the side of the road near work.
Close-up of the flowers.
A couple of weeks back, I biked out to Boat Builder...
Bill and I with the boat.
Anyone know what kind of tree this is? It's tall and pokey.
Olympia friends Sarah, Justin, John, and Stephanie at...
Self-photo, since I wasn't in the group one.
After a lot of work (primarily by Bill), Sparkle is on...
Closer shot, showing the gorgeous woodwork on the sides.
Attempting to point at bow number 05.
Driving down the street.
Dad and I get her ready to come off the trailer.
Unhooking some things, hooking others...
In the air!
Another (better) shot of the bow.
Liftoff!
On the hoist at Zittel's Marina.
Okay, test one passed! (she floats)
Step 2: put mast in, secure vertically.
How many sailors does it take to secure something or...
Susan thought to bring Sparkle-ing cider to recognize...
Dad gets in on the fun.
Cheers! I did splash some on the boat, too, so we can...
Mast + sunshine.
The bow and "cockpit", or area with most of the...
Being towed from Zittel's to West Bay.
Self-photo.
Another self-photo, from the bow during the tow.
On the dock at West Bay.
Another shot. Gosh she looks good.