It's a go!
Hey, all. Trace here.
In the words of the incredibly helpful person who booked the freighter for us, it's a go! We've booked the following:
2 days in Portland, Oregon
1 day in Sacramento, California
2 days in Flagstaff, Arizona (gateway to the Grand Canyon)
2 days in San Diego, California
6 days in Baja California, Mexico for some whale-watching
2 days in Los Angeles, California
(3 days or so total on buses getting us to each of these places)
17 days on a freighter to Melbourne, Australia
3-month visas for Ozland
From there, we definitely want to go to New Zealand. Then we'll see what happens! I'm so excited about all of it!
Our time in Seattle has been incredible. We've mostly hung out with family and chilled. We haven't actually done much touristy stuff, but we've seen enough of Fremont (the Seattle area in which my brother and sister-in-law live) to know it's awesome. Here are my Fremont highlights:
1. Food! Lauren, my sister-in-law, is a chef and loves to cook. Bart, my brother, loves to cook. The food they make is absolutely gorgeous, and I'm hoping they'll find a way to send us food wherever we are in the world whenever we ask. :) They've also taken us to some wicked restaurants around here. They are our food connection. Woo-hoo!
2. Karma and Dexter, Bart's and Lauren's dogs (rather, Bart and Lauren are the dogs' people). They're totally cool, I love them, and I'm going to steal them. You can see a video of them in one of Iff's earlier posts.
3. The Fremont Troll. This guy is huge! He's a sculpture under a bridge, and in his hand is an actual Volkswagen Beetle. He's very close to Bart's and Lauren's house. Here's a picture of me standing by his hand (the one not holding the car!):
4. The Claw. This is too funny! At various crosswalks around here, there's the following sign directing cars to stop for pedestrians:
Some GENIUS doctored one of them like so (sorry, no time to fix the glare on the sign); note the Freddy Kruger-like claws on his hand:
How cool is that?!?
So our time in Seattle is nearly done, but we already plan to come back here next year in the spring or summer...gotta see it in bloom (as well as go across all of Canada, preferably when it's not completely covered in snow!). It's been so cool here. Thanks, Bart and Lauren!
More soon...
Hang in there,
Trace
In the words of the incredibly helpful person who booked the freighter for us, it's a go! We've booked the following:
2 days in Portland, Oregon
1 day in Sacramento, California
2 days in Flagstaff, Arizona (gateway to the Grand Canyon)
2 days in San Diego, California
6 days in Baja California, Mexico for some whale-watching
2 days in Los Angeles, California
(3 days or so total on buses getting us to each of these places)
17 days on a freighter to Melbourne, Australia
3-month visas for Ozland
From there, we definitely want to go to New Zealand. Then we'll see what happens! I'm so excited about all of it!
Our time in Seattle has been incredible. We've mostly hung out with family and chilled. We haven't actually done much touristy stuff, but we've seen enough of Fremont (the Seattle area in which my brother and sister-in-law live) to know it's awesome. Here are my Fremont highlights:
1. Food! Lauren, my sister-in-law, is a chef and loves to cook. Bart, my brother, loves to cook. The food they make is absolutely gorgeous, and I'm hoping they'll find a way to send us food wherever we are in the world whenever we ask. :) They've also taken us to some wicked restaurants around here. They are our food connection. Woo-hoo!
2. Karma and Dexter, Bart's and Lauren's dogs (rather, Bart and Lauren are the dogs' people). They're totally cool, I love them, and I'm going to steal them. You can see a video of them in one of Iff's earlier posts.
3. The Fremont Troll. This guy is huge! He's a sculpture under a bridge, and in his hand is an actual Volkswagen Beetle. He's very close to Bart's and Lauren's house. Here's a picture of me standing by his hand (the one not holding the car!):
4. The Claw. This is too funny! At various crosswalks around here, there's the following sign directing cars to stop for pedestrians:
Some GENIUS doctored one of them like so (sorry, no time to fix the glare on the sign); note the Freddy Kruger-like claws on his hand:
How cool is that?!?
So our time in Seattle is nearly done, but we already plan to come back here next year in the spring or summer...gotta see it in bloom (as well as go across all of Canada, preferably when it's not completely covered in snow!). It's been so cool here. Thanks, Bart and Lauren!
More soon...
Hang in there,
Trace
posted by Trace at
11:55 pm
5 Comments:
Haha - loved "the claw" reminded me of iff's cheating tactics in pass the pigs (Xmas 05)
By
Anonymous, At
2:55 pm
don't remember those....
By
Lib, At
5:40 am
You must remember those tactics! The ones where rather than rolling or "passing" the pigs as the game intends Iff picked them up like that stupid fairground machine (or "claw") where you have to try and pick up a fluffy toy and then dropped them nonchalantly! The cheek of it. I think he even won a game while he was virtually asleep.
By
Anonymous, At
12:53 pm
No. All I remember is The Don trying to catch and eat the pigs.
By
Lib, At
8:54 am
Ha! Lib, love the photo!
By
Trace, At
12:44 pm
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