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July 22, 2007
Gone West
We're in Washington state! Yep, we stashed the offspring with the 'rents and hopped a plane to Seattle. Nine grueling hours* of turbulence and really uncomfortable seats, and we're here! Two weeks with no work, no kids, and no itinerary! Woohoo!
The plan is to see as much as we can of this state, to take in as much of the coast as possible, to make a big circuit of Puget Sound: Seattle, Tacoma, Olympic National Park, the islands, (maybe Victoria, BC), Bellingham, Mount Vernon (the city, not George Washington's Virginia plantation), etc. Camping a lot to save money, and using a credit card to cover the rest! :P
We're here in part to get a feel for the area. We want to move here in the future--after grad school--and possibly make this our permanent home. Neither my love nor I belong in New Jersey, nor Virginia (though Herndon came really close), nor any other place we've lived prior. So we just have to pick a place to call home, and Washington state is at the top of our list. But it's high marks are solely based on what others have told us about the place, so we've come to see it for ourselves.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, wherever you go, there you are; baggage and all (good and bad). The hope is if we can find a place where we want to live, we can sort the rest out in due course. Anyhoo...
Don't worry, we'll take pics, though there will be a delay in posting them because someone (<.< yeah, I) forgot the card reader at home. :P
The adventure begins! Stay tuned...
* A non-stop flight would have taken approximately 5 hours. Our flight, however, included a layover in Atlanta, GA, where they boarded the second plane 40 minutes early, and then departed the gate 30 minutes late! So what? Remember: incredibly uncomfortable seats! O.o
Posted by Tacitus at July 22, 2007 07:48 PM