spring break travel
The last week in March was Alan's spring break, and we spent it by driving up to Portland and Seattle. We spent one day in Portland, three days in Seattle, and the rest of the time in transit. It was a lot of driving, and it was pretty rainy most of the time we were there, but despite both of those things, the trip was pretty fun.
I finally finished posting pictures from the trip on Flickr: view the set or slideshow (I just discovered the slideshow option recently, and very much like the way they display your pictures -- just make sure to activate the photo captions by clicking on the "i" button in the middle).
There are a lot of pictures (more than I've taken in a while, anyway), so I wanted to list some "highlights"...
Portland:
-catching a free classical concert at The Old Church
-the Classical Chinese Garden
Seattle:
-Pike Place Market, of course (I liked the fish best)
-eating lunch at the Uwajimaya Grocery's food court in Chinatown
-braving the wind at Gas Works Park
-the view from the top of the Space Needle (the sky cleared up for this!)
-the gorgeous Seattle Public Library
-our rather unsuccessful day trip to Olympic National Park
-taking the ferry from Bainbridge Island to Seattle downtown
-seeing locks (the water kind) in motion
-the Experience Music Project