WHAT ARE ALL THESE PICTURES AND WHY DO WE CARE?!!
The Lindner visit almost began in a terrible manner (ie--i almost locked the keys in my car in Olympia before we drove off to seattle to pick them up at the airport!) but alas, there was one door unlocked and the crisis was averted! whew.
Friday night dara and i drove up to sea-tac to get my parents--found them and headed off to the hotel. Turns out the "double bed pull-out" was not much larger than a twin, and the king size bed looked awfully inviting--so we relegated my father to the big twin matterss and the three girls decided to sleep in the king! Before sleep, however, there was a family trip to The Outback Steakhouse where we chatted and ate for far longer than we anticipated, catching everyone up on life on the two coasts, respectively.
Saturday morning we got up early for a buffet with the "ladies of faith convention" and then headed to the seaplane station to check in. Now, my mother, for some reason unknown to me, had admonished me to watch how dara was packing because there is a 24 pound weight limit for the seaplane--why she has any confidence in my packing skill is beyond me! Anyhow as we weighed in dara's bag came to 14 pounds a cool 10 pounds under the weight limit whereas my luggage clocked in at a hot 23.7 pounds...mom and dad's fell somewhere inbetween those two--so dara was the best packer of us all! I was pretty nervous about the nauseating factor of the plane, but i got to sit up front in the "co-pilot" seat and the ride was surprisingly smooth. So much of the scenery reminded me of the Cook Straits Ferry ride in NZ.
Upon arrival we immediately took off for a hike (thanks mom!) to the waterfall. A gorgeous trek into the dense forest led us to a dripping sound which we traced to a steel pipe (pictured in the below posts) which was dripping water. Disheartened, and frankly, having lost interest, we turned around and never found the waterfall, if in fact there was one. The hike sucessfully checked off our list we headed to the B&B to check in and head to lunch. We checked out the town a little, and then ate at the "authentic" mexican place which i'm pretty sure was "under new managment" cause the food, while alright, was certainly not what i would imagine authentic mexican to be! eating was followed by shopping, naturally, and shopping was followed by browsing the local pottery galleries. Some of the stuff was really gorgeous, but being that we were so close to the weight limit we left both pottery galleries empty handed. Afterward we intereacted with the locals, found out that the local guppies don't like to eat saliva, and then finally made it back to the B&B for a much needed nap--on the most fabulous bed, with the most fantastic down pillows!
Dinner at the B&B was fabulous and included, to the shock of us all, my father ordering a bottle of wine, and mother proceeding to get drunk. After the eating there were charades---the best of which i believe was my mother acting out Moby Dick and getting quite a kick out of herself! Dad, who doesn't like games (havanagila syndrome anyone?!) was an excellent sport and got into it along with us all--everyone was pretty ridiculous, i'm sure.
Sunday we headed back earlier than planned and had a seaplane just for the four of us. Unluckily the ride was not quite as smooth as on the way out and i spent most of it with my head in my hands trying not to blow chuncks--and then, the whales! The pilot was radioed the location of about a dozen orcas in the water so we took a personal whale watching trip in the plane and it was amazing--the orcas are sooooo cool. After landing we headed to Olympia to show mom and dad the town. We tried to show them the migrating salmon but instead found only seals, and then we had to head back to seattle for dinner.
Up to the top of the space needle for the sunset and then dinner in the round. The seating area revolves (once every 47 minutes) while you're eating which is nauseating, in addition to making it near impossible to find your table if you get up to go to the bathroom. after dinner we took mom and dad to possibly the shadiest motel ever--left them there and headed back to the new apartment in olympia.
It was amazing to have them here for the weekend, and awesome for us to get to see a part of the state we wouldn't have otherwise had the $$ to go to, and to show them our sick apartment, in our little town! Next weekend we head to San Diego for some more adventures, until then...
Remember to Compost--J
The Lindner visit almost began in a terrible manner (ie--i almost locked the keys in my car in Olympia before we drove off to seattle to pick them up at the airport!) but alas, there was one door unlocked and the crisis was averted! whew.
Friday night dara and i drove up to sea-tac to get my parents--found them and headed off to the hotel. Turns out the "double bed pull-out" was not much larger than a twin, and the king size bed looked awfully inviting--so we relegated my father to the big twin matterss and the three girls decided to sleep in the king! Before sleep, however, there was a family trip to The Outback Steakhouse where we chatted and ate for far longer than we anticipated, catching everyone up on life on the two coasts, respectively.
Saturday morning we got up early for a buffet with the "ladies of faith convention" and then headed to the seaplane station to check in. Now, my mother, for some reason unknown to me, had admonished me to watch how dara was packing because there is a 24 pound weight limit for the seaplane--why she has any confidence in my packing skill is beyond me! Anyhow as we weighed in dara's bag came to 14 pounds a cool 10 pounds under the weight limit whereas my luggage clocked in at a hot 23.7 pounds...mom and dad's fell somewhere inbetween those two--so dara was the best packer of us all! I was pretty nervous about the nauseating factor of the plane, but i got to sit up front in the "co-pilot" seat and the ride was surprisingly smooth. So much of the scenery reminded me of the Cook Straits Ferry ride in NZ.
Upon arrival we immediately took off for a hike (thanks mom!) to the waterfall. A gorgeous trek into the dense forest led us to a dripping sound which we traced to a steel pipe (pictured in the below posts) which was dripping water. Disheartened, and frankly, having lost interest, we turned around and never found the waterfall, if in fact there was one. The hike sucessfully checked off our list we headed to the B&B to check in and head to lunch. We checked out the town a little, and then ate at the "authentic" mexican place which i'm pretty sure was "under new managment" cause the food, while alright, was certainly not what i would imagine authentic mexican to be! eating was followed by shopping, naturally, and shopping was followed by browsing the local pottery galleries. Some of the stuff was really gorgeous, but being that we were so close to the weight limit we left both pottery galleries empty handed. Afterward we intereacted with the locals, found out that the local guppies don't like to eat saliva, and then finally made it back to the B&B for a much needed nap--on the most fabulous bed, with the most fantastic down pillows!
Dinner at the B&B was fabulous and included, to the shock of us all, my father ordering a bottle of wine, and mother proceeding to get drunk. After the eating there were charades---the best of which i believe was my mother acting out Moby Dick and getting quite a kick out of herself! Dad, who doesn't like games (havanagila syndrome anyone?!) was an excellent sport and got into it along with us all--everyone was pretty ridiculous, i'm sure.
Sunday we headed back earlier than planned and had a seaplane just for the four of us. Unluckily the ride was not quite as smooth as on the way out and i spent most of it with my head in my hands trying not to blow chuncks--and then, the whales! The pilot was radioed the location of about a dozen orcas in the water so we took a personal whale watching trip in the plane and it was amazing--the orcas are sooooo cool. After landing we headed to Olympia to show mom and dad the town. We tried to show them the migrating salmon but instead found only seals, and then we had to head back to seattle for dinner.
Up to the top of the space needle for the sunset and then dinner in the round. The seating area revolves (once every 47 minutes) while you're eating which is nauseating, in addition to making it near impossible to find your table if you get up to go to the bathroom. after dinner we took mom and dad to possibly the shadiest motel ever--left them there and headed back to the new apartment in olympia.
It was amazing to have them here for the weekend, and awesome for us to get to see a part of the state we wouldn't have otherwise had the $$ to go to, and to show them our sick apartment, in our little town! Next weekend we head to San Diego for some more adventures, until then...
Remember to Compost--J
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