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POTD: False Klamath Cove

Lindsay — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:43:47 +0000

Taken during a morning drive through the Redwood Empire located on the foggy Northern California Coast. Related posts: The Redwood Empire The tallest trees in the world can be found in... POTD: The Sonoma Coast Here is another photo from January’s West Coast road trip,... Dudes, update your RSS feeds for this blog If you [...] Related posts:

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Snowshoeing Mount Rainier

Lindsay — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:15:08 +0000

Earlier this month, on a rare sunny day in Seattle, we drove to Mount Rainier for a day of snowshoeing. Of all the places we’ve gone snowshoeing this winter, Rainier has definitely been my favorite. Paradise was relatively crowded by the time we got there, but once we strapped on our snowshoes and veered off [...] Related posts:

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Silver Falls State Park

Lindsay — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:03:18 +0000

Earlier this month we drove down to Salem, Oregon to visit my friend Erin (a classmate at the LSE) and her husband, David. We took a break from eating delicious food and drinking beer to visit Silver Falls State Park. As you might have guessed from the name, this park has a lot of waterfalls. [...] Related posts:

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“Visit the USSR”

Lindsay — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:05:23 +0000

The Retronaut, my new favorite website, posted this unintentionally hilarious image taken from the Soviet brochure for the Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58). If it weren’t for the “Visit the USSR” emblazoned across the image, I would have thought they were trying to sell potential tourists on a trip to Monaco. Related posts: Headlines from [...] Related posts:

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POTD: Discovery Park

Lindsay — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:57:51 +0000

Yes, this is me being lazy busy and not updating my blog for two weeks. Anyways… The above photo was taken on a beautiful fall day spent hiking around Seattle’s Discovery Park. Originally a military installation, the land that comprises Discovery Park was returned to the city in the 1970s and turned into a park. [...] Related posts:

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Cruising around Elliott Bay

Lindsay — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:24:16 +0000

The last attraction we used on our CityPass was the Argosy Harbor Cruise. The weather wasn’t nearly as nice as it was when we visited the Space Needle, but nevertheless the boat ride was fun. Here are a few shots taken from the boat as it cruised around Elliott Bay. California Sea Lions at rest [...] Related posts:

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Snowshoeing at the Snoqualmie Summit Nordic Center

Lindsay — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:28:05 +0000

A few weekends ago we went snowshoeing at the Summit at Snoqualmie Nordic Center located about an hour’s drive from Seattle. It was our first time snowshoeing and we loved it; the snow-covered Cascades were incredibly beautiful and it was nice to get out and exercise despite the sub-optimal weather. In fact we enjoyed it [...] Related posts:

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Space Needle!

Lindsay — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:14:35 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, winters in Seattle aren’t a constant stream of depressing rain and clouds (although having grown up a desert rat, I quite enjoy the rain). The sun does occasionally make an appearance during the winter, as occurred a few weeks ago when we had nearly an entire week of incredible blue skies [...] Related posts:

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Hiking the PNW: Deception Pass

Lindsay — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:44:54 +0000

After a particularly long stretch of foul weather, including a week of snow and ice storms, we were coming down with a slight case of cabin fever. So, despite the cold and rain (this is the Pacific Northwest, after all) we decided to head over to Whidbey Island for a short hike at Deception Pass [...] Related posts:

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New Year’s Eve & Day in Victoria, BC

Lindsay — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:14:30 +0000

On New Year’s Eve we took the Clipper to Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria has been on my to-do list ever since we’ve arrived in Seattle and I figured the extended New Year’s weekend would be a good opportunity to finally make the trip up there. We left early Saturday morning and after a comfortable three [...] Related posts:

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