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| Relaxing at our condo in Seattle |
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| Adam finishing off the last of the leftover Voodoo donuts from Portland. Looks like it was the cocoa puff donut. |
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| Helen and I took the smaller queen bed and let the boys have the king |
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| Waiting on the bus |
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| Pike Place Market |
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| Seattle has a lot of hills |
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| The market is crowded and loud, but full of wonderful colors and smells. A real sensory overload. |
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| We got some smoked salmon from this place and it was so good. We snacked on it for days. |
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| Lowell's Derek decided he needed some "real" food after not getting a legitimate meal the previous day |
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| We really liked Lowell's. Like the Timberline Lodge breakfast, it became a standard to compare against. We kept trying to get back there, but never made it. |
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| We saw that somebody had ordered this on our way out. That's what we wanted to come back and get later. |
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| We walked around for awhile and explored the market |
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| Pike Place Chowder People were really lined up for this place |
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| Back up the hill to catch the bus to our condo |
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| The football and baseball stadiums |
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| Our destination, Mount Ranier |
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| We took the Chinook Pass Scenic Byway |
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| Sunrise area of Mount Ranier National Park The highest elevation reachable by car. It's not as crowded as the Paradise area. The visitor center wasn't open yet for the season. |
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| Visitor center in Paradise area of Mount Ranier National Park |
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| Incredible beauty in the mountain meadows with all the flowers blooming |
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| With all the shadows and bright light it was hard to capture the true colors. If I pointed the camera at the scenery then the sky washed out, but if I pointed the camera at the sky then the scenery darkened. Wish I was a better photographer. |
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| We walked over to the Paradise Inn for dinner |
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| The ambiance was terrific, but the food was shockingly average or below We refer to this type of food as "cruise food". It looks good, but isn't. As we visited other lodges on our trip and had really quality meals, we kept talking about how underwhelming the food was at this lodge. |
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| We headed to the café for some soft serve ice cream |
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| Eating ice cream and enjoying the sunset |
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