Portland and Seattle

 

button3.GIF (8565 bytes)anmhome.gif (11404 bytes) I recently went to Portland and Seattle for the weekend of 11/13-11/15.  These are some of the pictures I took while I was there.

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Willamette River - Portland                                                                     Waterfront In Seattle

11/14/98

We drove to Seattle for the night.  First we went to the market and tripped out on the flying fish (which I do not have a picture of)  and then went to our hotel.  As you can see from the view on our balcony, we stayed at the Bets Western Pioneer Square and our room was RIGHT above the Pioneer Square Saloon.   A couple times that night we would hear "Fight! Fight!" come from under our window.
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This is where we had dinner.  The best word to describe it is decadence!

 

To get this picture we stacked the camera on top of Michelle's birthday present which was on to of the Bible which was on top a tin of cookies that were on top of the luggage tray which was on top of the bed.    Then I had to set the timer, run across the room, slide over the bed and all get into position.  I guess we needed a little more practice at the "in position part".

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After the pictures we set up Michelle's birthday ritual.  I'm not even going to try to explain it but it was amazing! 

Very TRIPPY!  ;-)

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These are a few pictures of the city from around our hotel the next morning.  I don't understand why postcards from Seattle always show a blue sky.  It sure wasn't blue today.  Here's a big surprise, it was raining!
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A couple of very cool buildings that were right by our hotel.

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