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Our old friends Richard and Denise live in Seattle. They moved house in February and we decided to visit them and see their new abode. Wonderful. Beautiful house. Only a couple of miles from the office and in a nice neighbourhood. The house was built in 1927 and remodelled around 1990. It's impressively big and has 4 levels. There's a very nice yard and hot tub. Best of all is the location near a lake. I'd love it for running before or after work. We flew up to Seattle on Saturday and went to the pub for lunch. After a snooze to get over the beer, we had a nice walk around the lake. Richard and I went for a run round the zoo. We relaxed in the hot tub, and followed that with dinner and a movie on the DVD player. On Sunday we did the Mt Si trail. This is a 4 mile climb of around 4000 feet. So it's quite a hall to the top. The weather was perfect and it's a good job the mountain is covered in trees because we forgot the sunscreen. It took about 5 hours to make the round trip to the top and back. Rich went to the summit. I bottled out of the 200 foot scramble up the haystack at the top. I didn't fancy coming back down such a steep scramble. Well done, Richard. We've been to Seattle lots of times to visit Richard and Denise - mostly at Thanksgiving. We're talking about a trip to the Grand Canyon next summer and possible Crater Lake, Oregon at Thanksgiving this year. Thanks very much, Richard and Denise for your wonderful company and hospitality. And good luck to Alison who was starting a new job on Monday. Lightbox click here - 4.345mb download | ||
 Ali at the light rail |
 Robin at the light rail |
 A bit fishy |
 Still fishy |
 FedEx plane at SJC |
 Taking off from SJC |
 Santa Clara |
 280 |
 San Jose |
 Mt Shasta |
 Quest Stadium |
 Cruise Ships |
 Approaching SEATAC |
 About to land |
 SEATAC |
 Alaska Airlines Planes |
 Approaching the gate |
 Ali and Richard |
 Bridge Open on Freeway |
 Open bridge |
 Heading for downtown |
 Downtown Seattle |
 Cruise Ships in Harbor |
 Safeco field |
 Quest Field |
 Downtown |
 The New House |
 Nice isn't it |
 The Lounge |
 The Den |
 The dunnie |
 The Kitchen |
 Going outside |
 The patio |
 The yard |
 Upstairs |
 Nice view |
 The loft |
 Dance studio |
 Lunch |
 English beer |
 Cheers |
 Irish beer |
 Outside the pub |
 Dennis, Ali and Amber |
 The lake |
 We are here |
 Richard relaxing |
 Ali and Denise returning |
 Start of walk |
 Using the facilities |
 The rules |
 The Trail |
 Start of trail |
 4000 feet to climb |
 Cllimbing the trail |
 2 miles |
 Getting there |
 The view |
 The view again |
 Almost there |
 The haystack |
 The last bit |
 Rich on the scramble |
 The working party |
 Descending |
 On the way back |
 At the end |
 Having a rest |
 Getting back in the car |
 Back in the car |
 The mountain we climbed |
 Lake Washington and Seattle |
 Amber |
 Rich before leaving |
 Denise and Ali |
 Heading back to airport |
 Takeoff at sunset |
 Last glimpse of sun |
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