Typically when Veronica and I head to Seattle these days we always go downtown. We use Priceline, get a fancy hotel, spend too much money on parking and wander around that small portion of the city. Recently we went to a birthday party in the Wedgewood neighborhood, which is north Seattle near Lake City. Rather…
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Sequalitchew Creek Trail
Isn’t this weather lovely? Less rain plus more sun equals happy smiling people in the Craker household! I took advantage of a recent sunny day by going for a run at Sequalitchew Creek Trail. This past week I’ve spent part of my lunch break running around the neighborhoods of DuPont and while the town is nice I…
Black Violin
Veronica bought me tickets for Christmas to go see Black Violin in concert at the Pantages Theater in downtown Tacoma. But then I quit my job and we sold the tickets because I thought I had to work. Then I didn’t have to work and someone at work gave me tickets to the show. Weird….
The Bridge at Night: Unreasonable expectations
Do you ever dream of doing something and then when it comes to fruition it isn’t quite what you were thinking it would be? Could be buying a car or moving to a new town or getting a new job. I’ve experienced all of those – and had varying degrees of happiness with them –…
Browns Point Lighthouse Park
While enjoying a recent Saturday off, we decided to venture to a part of Tacoma we’ve never been to – Northeast Tacoma. I’d long seen the lighthouse at Browns Point from the Ruston Way area of Tacoma – which is across Commencement Bay. It is not an attractive lighthouse. In fact, it is just an…
Hiking and history
Two of my great loves in life are exploring and history. So when I get the chance to combine them I jump at the chance. When compiling my outdoors bucket list for 2016, one of the hikes I focused on is the Iron Goat Trail near the summit of Stevens Pass. The area is famous…
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