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We spent a relaxing day at the house.  Andrew and I uploaded even morephotos and got a blog entry ready.  Steve has called Jeannie to give her anupdate on sailing Nomadness.  It sounds like he’s having ablast.   For dinner, Jeannie, … Continue reading →

Steve’s big day and we all went to the dock to bid him Bon Voyage.  Nomadness is a trimaran, a three hulled sailboat 36 ft long and 24 ft wide with sleeping quarters and kitchen (galley) in the center hull.  … Continue reading →

Andrew and I need to get some more computer work done, so we stayed at Steveand Jeannie’s, on the couch, a couple of mouse-potatoes. Jeannie had errands to run in town and Steve was in the lab working on finalpreparations for … Continue reading →

We got out early this morning to start our errands.  Big Red needs his 90,000 mile service and we have a 9am appointment with a Toyota dealer in Everett, outside of Seattle.  We dropped off our truck and picked up … Continue reading →

We slept in and chatted with Jeannie for much of the morning. We showered,got some laundry done and pretty much just killed most of the day.  Wellafter noon, Andrew and I went into the town of Camano Island and did … Continue reading →

The beach yesterday and the mountains today.  Ya gotta love this state!  We drove to the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center and the sky is clear.  Mount Olympus DOES exist!!  It’s part of the Olympic Range of several mountains, many with glaciers.  … Continue reading →

MountOlympus, the highest peak in the park at 7,980 feet is covered inclouds.  Andrew said he didn’t see Mt Olympus on his last trip and isn’tsure it really exists. We headed out to the coast for today’s hike starting at … Continue reading →

It’s a rainy and overcast morning.  We are definitely in the rainforest, lots of mosses and ferns.  This area gets over 145 inches of rainper year.  In comparison, Seattle only gets 34 inches of rain peryear!  We first entered Olympic … Continue reading →

We got an earlier start and drove up to Paradise Visitor Center while parkingwas still available.  Paradise is in the clouds this morning.  We hadbreakfast on the tailgate and then went into the Visitor’s Center.  TheHenry Jackson Memorial Visitor Center … Continue reading →

We broke camp and stopped briefly at a grocery store for a couple of thingsbefore heading into Mount Rainier NationalPark.  We started at the Longmire Visitor Center, had lunch and caughtthe free shuttle bus to ParadiseVisitor Center at the base … Continue reading →