Seattle Visit

We arrived in Seattle Thursday and were greeted with margaritas at Jeannie's. We went out to dinner with the girls from my old office and then stayed up way too late! Next day we ran around town and checked in with the crew from Autumn's old office. Saturday morning, we headed out to Whidbey to visit Leah, Jim and Noelle. Noelle and Jim went crabbing that morning, so our dungeness crabs were walking around on the bottom of Puget Sound in the morning and on our plates by noon. We wound up the night with a big group of my aunts, uncles and Stephanie at Tulalip Casino....the number one place for fun!

Ferry out to Whidbey.

Us on the Cathlamet.

Artichokes!

Before...

AFTER!!

Noelle, Autumn, Leah.

Noelle found an agate!

Beachcoming with Leah and Jim.

Buenos dias senor crab-o!

Library of Congress

Today we visited the Library of Congress to take a look at Autumn's grandma's genealogy book about their family history. We got our library cards, walked about 10 miles through underground tunnels, passed by the Mason workshop, and arrived at the books! (Which are not readily available at the LOC!!) It was super-fun and we got a little taste of home!

The book!

The researcher~!

Oh yeah, she's famous!

1983 called, they want their hairstyles back!

Yep, Library of Congress, baby!

Family crest!

Call # CS71.A375 1988!!!

Niagara Falls

Our one day trip to Niagara was really fun. It was so relaxing to just walk, drink and gamble in the exotic land of Canada!
American Falls
Us at the falls
Why does every Canadian city have a fake Space Needle?
The real deal....Niagara!
The Niagara Sky Wheel...of DOOM!
Ok, maybe it was the Skywheel of boredom!
I liked it!
Autumn trying to steal a Whopper from Frankenstein!

Camping in Pennsylvania

This Friday, we braved the Washington DC rush hour traffic to start on the long trek to Niagara Falls. We camped overnight in Shawnee State Park, Mann's Choice, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania....aaaahhhh!
The lake at Shawnee State Park at sunrise.

Happy Birthday Rich!

Rich had two requests for New York:

1.) Eat a hot dog on the street....
We all did this except Autumn, who wisely went for kebabs instead.
Autumn was the only one happy with their lunch decision!
2.) Eat NY style pizza! Great idea!

Breakfast of Champions!

Us with Rich's mom and uncle in Baltimore on the way home

NYC at Night

View from the top of the Empire State Building

ESB all lit up in red, white and blue for Memorial Day

Midnight in Times Square

Proof that only cabs drive in NY

Rich's first cab hail in NYC...
...and that cab actually stopped!

New York

Sunday morning we had breakfast "on the way" out of town which turned out to be way out of the way once we finally got the right address in the GPS. Anyway, after countless hours in traffic, we finally got through the tunnel, out of New Jersey and into Manhattan. It was mom and Rich's first time in New York, so we headed straight for Times Square. Next, we rode the subway down to Battery Park, where Rich hoped to find some dead bodies like they always have on Law and Order. Sadly, we didn't discover any criminal activity there, so we boarded the Staten Island Ferry for a sunny cruise past the Statue of Liberty and back. Wall Street, Chinatown and finally Little Italy were our next stops. We now highly recommend the deep fried calzone from Sal's Pizza if anyone is planning a cheese-cation any time soon. We taxied back up to the hotel and then stood in the hellishly long two hour+ line at the Empire State Building, but the views of the city at night were worth the wait. Autumn had to go to bed early again in prep for the big test, but Mom, Rich and I went back to Times Square to see the lights. Again another night of too much fun, and staying up way to late!

How cute!
Us in Times Square


According to TV, it's the crappiest place in NY!

NYC!

Lady Liberty!

I think they liked it

Me and Mom

The source of all evil! muhuhuhuwahhahaah!

Inviso-building!

Little Italy was packed!

Tiny cupcakes!

Although the sign would lead you to believe otherwise, this store did not, in fact, sell cigarettes. Also, the candy selection was rather poor.

An incredible sunset!