Friday, September 18

Trading Places

I recently came upon this picture from my trip to Greece & Turkey in 2004. We were entering the grounds of the Haiga Sophia in Istanbul when I saw these funny animals. If you look closely you will see that the dog is on the roof and the cat is on the ground.

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Saturday, September 12

Last Day

I am finally done with my vacation posts. I guess I took a lot of pictures :)

The last day we had together, Labor Day, we took my parents to Blaine of all places. It was fun. We drove around Semiahmoo Resort and then stopped at some of the beaches to walk a bit. I never realized how close White Rock, B.C. is from the bay. We also had a beautiful drive home, the bright green grass fields were stunning.

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Friday, September 11

Leavenworth

After one night in Winthrop we decided to go a different route home that took us through Leavenworth, the cute little Bavarian town. We passed beautiful Lake Chelan, took pictures of a neat mountain with dates painted on it, and stopped at a fruit stand where we bought spicy chipotle mustard. We made it to Leavenworth for lunch and spent a few hours browsing  the shops (again, poor Todd) :)

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Thursday, September 10

Downtown Winthrop

Winthrop was a fun little western town. We browsed shops most of the afternoon (poor Todd) and took fun pictures with their face sign.

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Wednesday, September 9

River Run Inn

We had a lot of fun at the double cabin my parents booked in Winthrop, less than a mile from town. We played table games, horseshoes, Redneck golf, relaxed in the hammocks and rode bikes. All the bikes had baskets which made for some good laughs and pictures of the guys.

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Tuesday, September 8

Scenic Highway 20

Thursday we headed up the North Cascades Highway to Eastern Washington for our destination in Winthrop. The drive over was spectacular. The mountains, rivers, dams, and lakes were all so beautiful. One of our stops was at Ladder Creek Falls located behind the Gorge Powerhouse. The water fall was pretty cool, the way it has carved out the rock around it. Looked like a natural water slide.

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