When I was 5-years-old I lived across the street from a family very similar and yet very different from my own. They had a daughter named Ashley who was my age. We played together almost everyday. I loved going to her house. It was so different. Ashley had blonde hair. Ashley’s mother had blonde hair…
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Ten things we like about you (earth)
We here at Traveling the PNW love the earth. So what better way to show that love than with 10 quotes we like matched up with 10 photos we like. Pretty lame blog, but we like good photos and good words. So here you go. 1. “It is not often that someone comes along who is…
Dreaming of a Blackbird
Growing up I had an unhealthy obsession with the SR-71 Blackbird. Something about its design was so cool to me. The fastest jet in the world. Black. Sleek. The ability to spy on other countries. It had everything a boy could want. I remember my brother Mick had a model of one. I’d look at…
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 –…
My 2016 Washington bucket list
There is a link I’ve seen shared around social media this week of the ultimate Pacific Northwest adventure bucket list. Some of the places I’ve already visited, some I’ve never heard of and some are on my bucket list. As my family starts to plan its own adventures for the coming year, I was thinking…
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