seattle continued....again

7/23/06 - from the red mill with anita, i was headed to the U district to meet up with a past student, ben...ben is deciding to pursue one of my most passionate subjects...environmental science...as a graduate degree, after first earning a degree in physics...I LOVE IT!!!! it makes me happy to find out what my past students are doing with their lives and of course i am always excited when it has something to do with science...yahoo...ben and i grabbed a drink and a bite at the solstice cafe on the ave...it was great to catch up with him...below you can see us there...and yes...again, i am the short one in the picture :)

after hanging with ben on the ave...it was a two hour, perfect weather drive up to see ice friends of mine, stefan and amy....stefan and amy have bought a place on the outskirts of bellingham...really close to an indian reservation....they have a great place with rights to the beach just down from their house and a great hot tub to use on perfect weather nights, like the one i was in town for...below is a shot of stefan and amy on the beach....

i actually spent two nights with stefan and amy...i know...usually unheard of from me on a "dani tour" such as this...but the second day we hung out at mt. baker...which still had snow on it...we passed a bunch of folks who were hiking in about a 1/2 mile to go back country snow boarding...unfortunately we were wearing sandals and didn't make it too far in the 2 feet of snow...but we had a nice hike and hang on the mountain for a few hours...it was a stunning day as you can see from the picture below....okay...so there is no picture....i'll try for it in the next update....grrrrrrrrr.....let's continue, shall we....

after a mellow and relaxing time with amy and stefan i headed back down south toward seattle...although i stopped along the way to see my good friends vikki and derek and their son orion...i got to meet the newest addition of their family aswell...saxon...after a dgood lunch and fantastoc stop for ice cream i headed on down to seattle...below is a shot of vikki and derek at their place...blogger strickes again with not letting me upload...more soon...