Late Spring Color in the Skagit
While the Skagit Valley is best known for it's tuplip fields, late May had plenty of colorful patches of bulbs and plenty to see.
Bicycling from Vancouver to Seattle (Mostly)
Overweight and undertrained, spring fever got the best of me as I took to the road for a three-day journey.
An Afternoon in the Stacks
While Vic was gone, I decided it's time to get serious about my book-making. And sometimes, it's just helpful for research to go to the place with the most books: the library.
A Day Out: Ocean Shores
Seattle is surrounded by water, much of it the cold salty Puget Sound, but it's a long way from pounding ocean surf. The closest beach is at Ocean Shores, a slender peninsula jutting into Gray's Harbor.
Cedar River Trail
A short out and back ramble on the lovely Cedar River Trail leads us to Seattle's watershed and a nice tour of the salmon restoration efforts going on there.
Scenic Beach State Park
Adventure can be had close to home if you keep your hearts open and curiously alert. We bicycle to Seabeck to spend the night and take a look at the oyster beach at Scenic Beach State Park.
Seattle’s Dîner en Blanc
The Dîner en Blanc is the closest I've ever come to being in a flash mob. But forget dance routines or looting, this was a civilized affair creating an impromptu fancy picnic at the tip of Gasworks Park. Ooo la la!
This blog started, as many do, to keep the friends up to date while I was traveling. In my case, a long bike ride across Europe and move from Seattle to Boston in 2004.
