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Intro
Olympia, WA
Lunch
Astoria, Oregon
The House
Horses
Aquarium
The Beach
Seaside, OR
Prologue
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Intro
For my birthday this year, I wanted to go North to Mt. Baker...but, as I only have
one vote, we went South to Seaside, OR., taking Haley and Steven.
We all had a good time and it was a pretty drive, along the Columbia river,
forests and seashores.
Toured the Capital grounds for an hour break, and lunch on the Washington
coast, before heading into Oregon.
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Olympia, WA. |
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We stopped and toured the Capitol for a driving break.
Congress was not in session, so we just got to see the grounds
and buildings.
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Congressional Library
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Capitol Building
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Govenor's Mansion
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Steven couldn't resist a closer look, we saw another (if not the same one) in Seaside.
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Group in the Capitol Gardens
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A tribute to Washingtonians lost to war, all wars.
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Another tribute marker with the garden fountains behind. The
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The garden fountains out front.
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Totem of animals.
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Their getting along very well.
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Lunch |
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Don't recall the name of the town, but, we stopped for
lunch on the Washington coast for some great seafood. Picked up some shrimp for a song locally.
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We ate out on the deck, beautiful weather.
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Astoria, Oregon
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Astoria the gateway to Oregon from Washington.
Pleasant little seaside town.
Can you name the movie shot here?
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The Astoria end of the bridge high enough for ships to pass
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Still the bridge, the loooong flat part.
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The House
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Patricia rented the house from a work associate, the charge was only to cover the
electricity basically. Made of stones, over a hundred years old (the house, not the stones).
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The living room, it was too warm to actually have a fire though. |
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Patricia loved the claw-foot tub.
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They left the old wood-burner stove in place next to
the new range.
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Backyard a little overgrown?
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Spent a lot of time on the back deck, which could be reached from both
bedrooms and the kitchen.
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Steven with some of the crabs we caught.
We averaged 10-20 per day, oh, whatever the limit was.
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Horses
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Haley now calls every horse she sees, "My Horse!"
No fear in her...
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Steven enjoyed it also.
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They lead the horses around a track.
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They both liked it well enough to go around again.
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And to hang out afterwards.
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Patricia even made a friend.
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