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Leavenworth is a unique city. Every single building is done in a Bavarian style. Even common stores like Starbucks are required to keep with the theme. The city is located about 30 miles east of Stevens Pass and it's a complete tourist trap. They also happen to have a fantastic light display. Tyla and...
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Last Thursday, I watched the sun rise from 35,000 feet over Montana. It was a nice way to start my vacation. The original plan had been to spend Thanksgiving with the family and attend my 10 year high school reunion, but that got tweeked a bit. David was sick and couldn't travel, so on Saturday morning...
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I lifted my ban on Southwest for this Thanksgiving trip due to the direct flight to Midway and the lower price. After spending the weekend with Southwest, I'm re-instituting my ban. My one and only complaint about the airline is their ridiculous boarding policy. The old system had you assigned to one...
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Do you have any exciting plans for Thanksgiving? I'm flying out of SeaTac this morning at 6:20AM and heading for Indiana. I fly back on Monday morning in time to get to work relatively on time. Why do I book these early morning flights? I must have a masochistic side. The plus side is that I'll be seeing...
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Last Thursday night I hopped on a plane and got off in Syracuse for a visit with the Abendroths. I hadn't seen the whole crew since last August in Maine so it was great to catch up with everyone again! Friday afternoon was spent mountain biking with Jay and Andy. Well technically Jay had a mountain...
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As I've mentioned before , I have an application on my computer that periodically captures images from a bunch of local web cams. When I got home from Whistler, I flipped through the web cam files on my computer and spotted us on two of them! In the first one, you can see the three of us to the right...
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Mom, Dad and I spent the weekend in Whistler. I wasn't sure what to expect there in the summer, but it was a blast. The weather was a bit foggy the first day but it didn't deter us much. The second day was full of sunshine and we had some great views. And we got actual snowfall at the peak on...
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My parents and I are nearing the end of our stay in Whistler. I'll save all the details for a post when I can include photos, but I didn't want you to go without a post today and think I had forgotten about you! Have a great Labor Day!
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The Gorge Amphitheatre is one of the most popular concert venues in Washington. It's over on the other side of the mountains in George, Washington and regularly hosts enormous concerts like DMB, The Who, and John Mayer. It's also the home of the Sasquatch Music Festival. The website says they...
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"Ben, your blog is boring." I hear that regularly, but the frequency does fluctuate. Short answer, the last two months have been awesome, but not inherently bloggable. Besides, if a boring blog really concerned you, you wouldn't still be reading. After 6 years, do you really expect anything...
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I've often heard stories about relatives showing up unannounced with varying degrees of success. A few months ago, I decided to give it a shot and purchased plane tickets to Indiana for last weekend. My flight left at 11pm on Thursday night and I arrived at the South Bend airport, by way of Cleveland...
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MattW asked for more pictures from the tour. I didn't get a lot of pictures but here are a few of them.
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Today is a special day. I'm going to break one of my two cardinal rules of blogging. Also, I don't know what a "cardinal rule" is, but it sounds like a bigger deal than a plain old rule. I have a girlfriend. Yeah, I just said that. So if you hear me talking about a girl named Rachel...
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It always feels good to fall into my own bed after a trip. That happened a bit later than planned last night, but let's start from the beginning. <rubs hand on chin as video fades out> My flight left on Wednesday morning, and after a quick stop in O'Hare, I ended up in Burlington, VT on...
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I crawled into bed last night around 1:45AM after a bit of a rough series of flights from Vermont. But the good news is that I made it back with my bags. I'll have a full writeup with pictures and video tomorrow. Hope you had a great weekend!