Archives for February 2007

Seattle from the sound

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George

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How does George stop the horses getting snow balls in their shoes?

The horses don't have shoes.

Weekend Trip

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We did a little trip over the mountains to Leavenworth for that authentic Bavarian experience...

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...so much excitement on the sleigh ride that the boys flaked out.

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Homework

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Gotcha!

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News of the heist had spread.

Our hero was making a last ditch dash for the open sea when the coast guard caught up with him.

Moles? Gone.

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Solving the mole problem - US style

Racing

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Saturday lunch stroll in Kirkland along the shore of Lake Washington ended up with a race with a load of bronze children. We lost.

Are they your children?

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The sculpture at Hiram M. Chittenden Locks was straight until the kids got to work...

Gas Works Park

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Hey guys - look what happens when I turn this...

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...all the water in that lake starts to drain away!

Snoqualmie Falls

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Mole

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We had a slight problem with moles in the yard...

Off roading

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Just because it says "all wheel drive" doesn't mean you have to use it

Lost

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Last seen leaving Interstate 405 at the junction with West Valley Highway (Lat 47.467 Long -122.218). Reward offered for safe return.

Tubing

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snow + hill = tubing

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tubing + more tubing = tired kids

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Summit @ Snoqualmie

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Another trip up to the Summit at Snoqualmie, this time tubing...

Yeeha!

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St Edwards

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We did a walk in St Edwards State Park this afternoon.

The boys walked all the way down to the lake…

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…and all the way back up again.

At some point we should take them to visit the other St Edwards — and I'd link to that if only I could find a web site for it. I thought everywhere had a web presence now?

**Update: 2020-12-28** Except I now realise that it's Saint Edward State Park. Discovered when fixing an external link to BitRott™

What's up?

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Something was up with the Salmon Bay Bridge .

Lock

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Watching the traffic at Ballard Locks

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