The 2nd Honeymoon
We got back from our 2nd honeymoon to Northwestern U.S and Southwestern Canada. Here are some of the highlights...
If you don't want to read my ramblings, and just want to look at stuff, I have some pictures here.
Seattle:
We saw what you're supposed to see in Seattle; the Space Needle, the Underground Tour, Pike Place Market. We also had dinner with a high schoolmate of mine, who I haven't really talked to in about 13 years. I really liked Seattle (I had never been there before), and I hope to go back at some point, maybe to live there, in the future.
Victoria:
We took a couple of ferries to get to Victoria. I'd never been on a car ferry before. It was pretty cool.
I realized I forgot to pack a jacket when we got to Victoria, so I spent much of the time in the city looking like a tourist, wearing a Victoria fleece I bought on our first night there. There's not much to see in Victoria, so we were able to do all we wanted to do in a day. We also met up with Lauren's 7th grade teacher, who now owns a quilt shop. That was Victoria.
Another ferry, and onto...
Vancouver:
I had been in Vancouver for a month in 2001, and it didn't seem quite as great the second time around. This might have been because it rained a fair amount of time on this trip (the sun came out on the day we were leaving town). We ate at Vij's, which has lines that go on forever. We were in line for 20 minutes to get to the door, then had to wait an hour for a seat. It was not that great, in my opinion.
We also went to Punjabi Town, which was pretty cool. I'd never been in an Indian district of a city and I enjoyed it a lot, even though we were only there for about an hour.
We also spent some time in North Vancouver, which I had not been to in 2001. It was nice, not spectacular, but nice.
On our last day in Vancouver (the day we drove out of town) we went to the aquarium, which was...an aquarium. I don't think I'm an aquarium person because I feel like once you've seen one, you've seen them all. The "thing" in this aquarium were its Baluga whales, which were kind of cool looking, because they are white.
We stayed in 3 different Bed and Breakfasts in Canada. for that past 10 years, or so, I've had this fantasy of running a Bed and Breakfast. This trip brought that thought back again. I often think about what I would like to do, if I leave teaching, and I think I would really like to run a B&B.
Anyhow, onto...
Portland:
Portland was kind of a disappointment. After going to Powell's Books (which was cool), we wandered, looking for something to do, and wandered, looking for something to do, and wandered, looking for something to do. We drove through Washington Park, then back to our hotel.
That night, we went to dinner with a high school friend of Lauren's, who then took us to Voodoo Doughnuts, the coolest doughnut place I've ever been to.
The odd thing about that night was, at some point during the evening, I lost my wedding ring. I feel like I lost it in the hotel room, but after ripping the room apart the next morning, I couldn't find it. The cost of the ring is not a problem, but it sucks losing it, because it was the ring that Lauren put on my finger the day we got married.
We left Portland and headed to...
Klamath Falls:
The parents of a childhood friend of Lauren's live in Klamath Falls. It was cool to spend the evening, and night, in farm country. They had a number of horses on their land, and there was a feeling of being in the middle of nowhere. At night, when I looked out the window, all I saw was black. So cool. I don't think I'd want to live in that rural of an area, but it was great to experience it.
That was the trip.
If you don't want to read my ramblings, and just want to look at stuff, I have some pictures here.
Seattle:
We saw what you're supposed to see in Seattle; the Space Needle, the Underground Tour, Pike Place Market. We also had dinner with a high schoolmate of mine, who I haven't really talked to in about 13 years. I really liked Seattle (I had never been there before), and I hope to go back at some point, maybe to live there, in the future.
Victoria:
We took a couple of ferries to get to Victoria. I'd never been on a car ferry before. It was pretty cool.
I realized I forgot to pack a jacket when we got to Victoria, so I spent much of the time in the city looking like a tourist, wearing a Victoria fleece I bought on our first night there. There's not much to see in Victoria, so we were able to do all we wanted to do in a day. We also met up with Lauren's 7th grade teacher, who now owns a quilt shop. That was Victoria.
Another ferry, and onto...
Vancouver:
I had been in Vancouver for a month in 2001, and it didn't seem quite as great the second time around. This might have been because it rained a fair amount of time on this trip (the sun came out on the day we were leaving town). We ate at Vij's, which has lines that go on forever. We were in line for 20 minutes to get to the door, then had to wait an hour for a seat. It was not that great, in my opinion.
We also went to Punjabi Town, which was pretty cool. I'd never been in an Indian district of a city and I enjoyed it a lot, even though we were only there for about an hour.
We also spent some time in North Vancouver, which I had not been to in 2001. It was nice, not spectacular, but nice.
On our last day in Vancouver (the day we drove out of town) we went to the aquarium, which was...an aquarium. I don't think I'm an aquarium person because I feel like once you've seen one, you've seen them all. The "thing" in this aquarium were its Baluga whales, which were kind of cool looking, because they are white.
We stayed in 3 different Bed and Breakfasts in Canada. for that past 10 years, or so, I've had this fantasy of running a Bed and Breakfast. This trip brought that thought back again. I often think about what I would like to do, if I leave teaching, and I think I would really like to run a B&B.
Anyhow, onto...
Portland:
Portland was kind of a disappointment. After going to Powell's Books (which was cool), we wandered, looking for something to do, and wandered, looking for something to do, and wandered, looking for something to do. We drove through Washington Park, then back to our hotel.
That night, we went to dinner with a high school friend of Lauren's, who then took us to Voodoo Doughnuts, the coolest doughnut place I've ever been to.
The odd thing about that night was, at some point during the evening, I lost my wedding ring. I feel like I lost it in the hotel room, but after ripping the room apart the next morning, I couldn't find it. The cost of the ring is not a problem, but it sucks losing it, because it was the ring that Lauren put on my finger the day we got married.
We left Portland and headed to...
Klamath Falls:
The parents of a childhood friend of Lauren's live in Klamath Falls. It was cool to spend the evening, and night, in farm country. They had a number of horses on their land, and there was a feeling of being in the middle of nowhere. At night, when I looked out the window, all I saw was black. So cool. I don't think I'd want to live in that rural of an area, but it was great to experience it.
That was the trip.
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