Blogs from Washington, United States, North America

Hi everyone! I've been in Seattle for a few days now, and it looks like I spoke too soon... it's been gloriously sunny the entire time, it was just a bit miserable when I arrived at 6am that first morning. Yay! Right now I;m in an internet cafe called 'Cyberdogs' on 9th and Pike. It's pretty trippy, there's loads of posters and mad shit hanging from the walls... oh and there's 3 scary stoned clowns sitting in front of me. One of them is a vegan and is clearly very proud of himself ('Cyberdogs' is a vegetarian cafe). Speaking of which, I finally gave in and bought some boots. I got black Dr Marten's, and oddly enough they are vegan! I would have happily bought the leather ones, but the truth is they were much more ... read more

Thurs, 24 May It rained overnight and most of the morning. We had just about decided to stay at our campground in Hoquiam another night when the sun came out. We quickly broke camp and got back on Hwy 101, which pretty much loops the Olympic Peninsula, circling the Olympic National Park. Our first stop was the ranger station at Kalaloch, on the west coast of Washington, but the ranger was out to lunch, so we drove to the picnic/day use area instead. There we walked down to the beautiful beach and took a few pictures. We drove next to Ruby Beach, just a few miles north. Another spectacular beach with postcard scenery. We then turned inland and found the road to the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center in Olympic National Park. The road runs along ... read more

My testing friends, was it successful? Did you subscribe easily? You are on the list...the next question is can you be notified of my posts in Facebook? I think not, Somewhere I saw a "like" icon, but I can't remember where, so for now, I may just post something on Facebook for friends there who are not on my email contact list. Then they may choose to subscribe and use their email account to receive notifications. I will send out the "real deal" links to the blog via email and Facebook in mid-June when I have more info. on staging. Thanks, Serena and Katie, for your help!... read more

Just a little note to let you know I arrived safely in Seattle this morning. Just hanging out at the hostel at the moment, looking at some maps, trying to get my bearings and work out what I want to do while I'm here. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy some new boots... I'm freezing! I need to adjust to this new, depressingly Britishy climate after my week in Hawaii. Bad times. xxx... read more

Tues, 22 May We left Crescent City under cloudy skies. We stopped at the state line to get a picture because Oregon was Kerry’s 50th state and my 48th. A little farther up the road we stopped at Crissy Field information center for brochures and postcards. It was just starting to drizzle as we got out of our cars. After that it rained most of the day, sometimes a mist, sometimes a drizzle. We drove into Cape Blanco SP thinking to get pictures of the lighthouse and have lunch. The wind was so strong, it blew my door shut when I tried to get out and it was driving the rain horizontally. I didn’t even get a picture of the lighthouse. At Coos Bay we found the Walmart and did a little shopping. The rain stopped ... read more

OK, here I am in lovely Chelan. Just want to see how subscribing works for people, so have contacted my "testing friends", Serena Giese, Katie Fender and myself.... read more

Mistakenly sent my "test" to 27 people on my email list. Sorry!... read more