Day 2 - January 29, 2010
We woke up this morning to a gentle sunrise through our skylight. Did I mention that we really like this hotel? =) We came to the lobby to heat up the bagels we bought the night before for breakfast and ate at the provided table.
Then, we headed off to the Bear Valley Visitors Center here in Point Reyes National Seashore where we plan to spend the next few days. The rangers there provided us with all kinds of good information on hikes to pursue starting with a short Earthquake Trail just out the back door. The 0.6 mile loop had information on how earthquakes work and especially about the San Andres fault like that we were standing on. We were able to see the effects of the 1906 San Francisco area earthquake. Mostly, though, we were able to spot half a dozen black-tailed deer that were grazing in the area. They managed to follow us along the trail and we were happy to have them as companions. At one point even, a bunny bounded across the path followed by a doe and I thought I was looking at a scene from Bambi or something!
The day was overcast, but there was still visability, so we drove off to the point of Point Reyes to learn about the historic lighthouse. This point happens to be one of the windiest (and foggiest) points on the west coast, and we quickly found out just how windy it could be! Because of all the usual fog, this lighthouse is very important.
We also passed by a field of AT&T communication poles. These poles actually read signals from ships on the whole Pacific Ocean. It is only one of 3 nautical communication stations in the US, and the only one on the west coast.
At the lighthouse we tried to spot the migrating gray whale, but we didn't see any. We did see the clouds coming in and the rain in the distance. We had enough time to go down and up the 300 steps to the actual lighthouse and then back to the car before the rain hit us. We drove to another outlook in the area and decided to wait out the rain and eat our lunch in the car. There were several other people in their cars waiting out the rain.
Finally, we gave up and decided to drive to another area of the park. We did still see lots of deer even in the rain. Also, apparently this road is full of dairy farms, so there were lots of cattle and cattle guards. The Smart car is fun to drive, but the cattle guards were incredibly bumpy! The cattle on the side of the road looked like they could knock us over as well. Luckily, we didn't have to worry about them moving too fast. =)
After a while the rain stopped and we took a short stroll on a beach. At 49 degrees and gusty winds, it was very chilly. No swimming for us! Good thing, too, because this is not the beach for swimming. We were told to stay out of the water because the riptides would pull us right out to see. The waves were magnificent to watch!
We drove back to the Elephant Seal Outlook now that the rain had stopped and walked a short distance out to see the 400+ elephant seals laying on a beach below. They were loud, too. Some were screaming, others were bellowing, and there was lots of noise to hear. We could even hear it over the wind that was threatening to blow us over!
Finally, as the light was fading and the rain coming back, we turned and headed back. The "big" town in the area is Point Reyes Station and it has about 4 streets and 5 restaurants. So, we should be able to eat at a different place every night. We had a delicious dinner at a wood-fired oven pizza place and now we are back at the hotel. It's amazingly dark outside, so it feels so much later than it actually is. It's only 8pm! But, I don't imagine that we will stay up too late tonight. Maybe we'll wath some tv or play some pool.
I'm not sure what we'll be doing tomorrow since it is supposed to rain. I guess we'll just have to make some spontaneous decisions! We are having a great time.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Arrived in San Francisco
Day 1 - January 28, 2010
We started our short weekend trip to the San Francisco area today. This trip will be almost completely spontateous. All we arrived with today was hotel reservations, a car reservation, and of course the flights. From here we will play it by ear and do whatever sounds good at the time. This is a welcome change from our usual vacations. =)
We arrived in Oakland from Houston with no problems. Then, we hopped right on the BART train that took us from the airport to San Francisco. We rented our Smart car in Union Square. The walk to Avis was only 7 blocks. For our short weekend trip, we packed in only a backpack each, so it was an easy walk. On the way we stopped at a Jewish deli for a yummy lunch.
Once we had our Smart car, we drove off to Muir Woods and had enough time for about 2 hours of hiking. Then, we took highway 1 to the north until we arrived at Motel Inverness. On the way we watched a beautiful sunset off the coast. I nearly stopped for photos. We were tired from the time change, though, so we kept going.
We were very pleasantly surprised to find that we had gotten a free upgrade. Also, this little "motel" is nothing like a motel. There are only 7 rooms and there is a big lodge/lobby at one end that serves as our living room. Here we have access to a pool table, a big tv, computer with wireless internet, and a little mini-kitchen. The room also is nice with a large private balcony that overlooks a lake. In the lobby we found lots of good books of information, maps, and even binoculars for use while here. We didn't stay up too late before heading to bed.
We started our short weekend trip to the San Francisco area today. This trip will be almost completely spontateous. All we arrived with today was hotel reservations, a car reservation, and of course the flights. From here we will play it by ear and do whatever sounds good at the time. This is a welcome change from our usual vacations. =)
We arrived in Oakland from Houston with no problems. Then, we hopped right on the BART train that took us from the airport to San Francisco. We rented our Smart car in Union Square. The walk to Avis was only 7 blocks. For our short weekend trip, we packed in only a backpack each, so it was an easy walk. On the way we stopped at a Jewish deli for a yummy lunch.
Once we had our Smart car, we drove off to Muir Woods and had enough time for about 2 hours of hiking. Then, we took highway 1 to the north until we arrived at Motel Inverness. On the way we watched a beautiful sunset off the coast. I nearly stopped for photos. We were tired from the time change, though, so we kept going.
We were very pleasantly surprised to find that we had gotten a free upgrade. Also, this little "motel" is nothing like a motel. There are only 7 rooms and there is a big lodge/lobby at one end that serves as our living room. Here we have access to a pool table, a big tv, computer with wireless internet, and a little mini-kitchen. The room also is nice with a large private balcony that overlooks a lake. In the lobby we found lots of good books of information, maps, and even binoculars for use while here. We didn't stay up too late before heading to bed.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Photos are up!
Only about a month late the photos are now on a website. I took about 1900 photos over the course of our trip, but I've narrowed it down to several for you to look at.
And now, without further ado....
http://photobooksolutions.com/personal/2009/WashingtonPhotos/
Enjoy!
Joanna
And now, without further ado....
http://photobooksolutions.com/personal/2009/WashingtonPhotos/
Enjoy!
Joanna
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Homeward Bound
posted at http://markandjoannatravel.blogspot.com
September 6, 2009
Today is our last day of vacation and we are going back home. It really has been wonderful out here. We are in love with the pacific northwest. I want to come back and one day I would love to live out here. This area has a good mix of outdoorsy people as well as tech-savvy people. Everyone we've met is very active and interested in sustainability. Recycling is available next to every trash can. Bike lanes are plentiful and the cars really do allow them on the streets. We experienced probably the best weather this area gets. It did actually rain today, but we never got caught up in it. It's beautiful up here with the mix of mountains and cities. I think it is safe to say that we'll be back for another vacation. We still need to hit Rainier, St. Helens, the Cascades, and much more.
We got another full 4 hours of sleep last night. (I will be sleeping on the plane for sure.) We got a little mixed up taking the light rail to the airport, but luckily it runs every 10 minutes, so missing one train didn't give much delay. It was raining while we took off, and then we were off. Until next time....
Thanks for reading my travel blog. I hope to post my photos soon.
September 6, 2009
Today is our last day of vacation and we are going back home. It really has been wonderful out here. We are in love with the pacific northwest. I want to come back and one day I would love to live out here. This area has a good mix of outdoorsy people as well as tech-savvy people. Everyone we've met is very active and interested in sustainability. Recycling is available next to every trash can. Bike lanes are plentiful and the cars really do allow them on the streets. We experienced probably the best weather this area gets. It did actually rain today, but we never got caught up in it. It's beautiful up here with the mix of mountains and cities. I think it is safe to say that we'll be back for another vacation. We still need to hit Rainier, St. Helens, the Cascades, and much more.
We got another full 4 hours of sleep last night. (I will be sleeping on the plane for sure.) We got a little mixed up taking the light rail to the airport, but luckily it runs every 10 minutes, so missing one train didn't give much delay. It was raining while we took off, and then we were off. Until next time....
Thanks for reading my travel blog. I hope to post my photos soon.
PAX day 2
posted at http://markandjoannatravel.blogspot.com
September 5, 2009
This morning we slept in and got a full 4 hours of sleep (big yawn). We decided we didn't need to be in line at 8am again, and instead to walk down to Pike's Market for breakfast instead of just hitting a coffee bar on the way to PAX.
When we woke up, we noticed that it had rained over night. We've been having amazing weather here in the Pacific Northwest and really haven't had any rain. We've just had beautiful sunny days in the 70s. We've been loving it. So, I took a picture of the wet streets to prove that it does actually rain in Seattle. It never did rain on us though. =) Pike's Market on a Saturday morning was quieter than we expected, but I think it was still early. We had another breakfast mix of pastries followed by the yummy mac and cheese from the cheese store and then headed to PAX.
We arrived just before 10am and still got a wristband for the concert tonight. Yes, this was definitely better than showing up at 8am. We headed for the booths we missed yesterday and then to a talk by the Fox Trot artist. we had a little more time today, so we went a few blocks away to the Baguette Box for lunch and then split off for the afternoon. Mark went back to PAX and I walked back to Pike's Market for pictures and to do my souvenir shopping. Now the place was packed with people! Most of the people here seemed to be LSU fans and I switched from the world of gamers to the world of football fans in just a few blocks. I walked down to Pioneer Square again, and then decided that I was really too tired to walk the waterfront and the Olympic Sculpture Garden as I had planned. So, I went back to PAX. I caught up with Mark and we finished off the exhibition room together. Then we went to a really interesting discussion put on by Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band. They are coming out with a Rock Band Network in which bands can obtain software and the means to upload their own songs to sell on Rock Band. It was interesting to see how a song turns into a video game. They went into some of the software and it was quite interesting. We had a long dinner break and found a good placed called Palominos (?). Their brick fired pizza was mighty tasty. Back at the convention center, I left Mark to go watch the Omegathon (people competing in a variety of games to win a tournament) and found some bean bags in a quiet area for a nap. The concert tonight started on time, as we rocked the night away again until after 2am.
September 5, 2009
This morning we slept in and got a full 4 hours of sleep (big yawn). We decided we didn't need to be in line at 8am again, and instead to walk down to Pike's Market for breakfast instead of just hitting a coffee bar on the way to PAX.
When we woke up, we noticed that it had rained over night. We've been having amazing weather here in the Pacific Northwest and really haven't had any rain. We've just had beautiful sunny days in the 70s. We've been loving it. So, I took a picture of the wet streets to prove that it does actually rain in Seattle. It never did rain on us though. =) Pike's Market on a Saturday morning was quieter than we expected, but I think it was still early. We had another breakfast mix of pastries followed by the yummy mac and cheese from the cheese store and then headed to PAX.
We arrived just before 10am and still got a wristband for the concert tonight. Yes, this was definitely better than showing up at 8am. We headed for the booths we missed yesterday and then to a talk by the Fox Trot artist. we had a little more time today, so we went a few blocks away to the Baguette Box for lunch and then split off for the afternoon. Mark went back to PAX and I walked back to Pike's Market for pictures and to do my souvenir shopping. Now the place was packed with people! Most of the people here seemed to be LSU fans and I switched from the world of gamers to the world of football fans in just a few blocks. I walked down to Pioneer Square again, and then decided that I was really too tired to walk the waterfront and the Olympic Sculpture Garden as I had planned. So, I went back to PAX. I caught up with Mark and we finished off the exhibition room together. Then we went to a really interesting discussion put on by Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band. They are coming out with a Rock Band Network in which bands can obtain software and the means to upload their own songs to sell on Rock Band. It was interesting to see how a song turns into a video game. They went into some of the software and it was quite interesting. We had a long dinner break and found a good placed called Palominos (?). Their brick fired pizza was mighty tasty. Back at the convention center, I left Mark to go watch the Omegathon (people competing in a variety of games to win a tournament) and found some bean bags in a quiet area for a nap. The concert tonight started on time, as we rocked the night away again until after 2am.
The world of PAX
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September 4, 2009
Today we change worlds and enter the world of geeks, nerds, and gamers. Yes, it's the start of PAX, the Penny Arcade Expo. Basically, it's a video game convention that covers 3 days. It started in 2003 and this is the first year they sold out tickets for the event reaching maximum capacity of the Washington Convention Center - 75,000 people. The whole convention center was set up for the event and it was quite an experience.
Mark is certainly more in this world of gamers than I am. Though, I do understand most of what's going on. I really had no idea what I was getting into when we decided to schedule our Seattle trip around PAX. The Expo started today, Friday, at 10am, however, the line opened up at 8am. The first 4,000 people received wristbands that guaranteed admission to tonight's concert. We arrived about 8am and entered the Queue room, a room that we would get to know well. They had a whole exhibit hall set up just to hold people in a line. We were certainly one of the first 4,000, though certainly not the first. We sat down on the concrete floor that would be our home for the next 2 days and watched the line entertainment. Entertainment consisted of a message board for people to text message in to. Also, there was inside humor and a few trivia games during the wait.
By the time 10am rolled around, we were as jammed in this line as possible with every bit of space taken up by a person so as to fit us all in. Then, the gates were opened and everyone raced into a series of dark rooms full of computers and games!!!! All the top gaming companies had a booth as well as some individual games. Basically, we could walk around and use their computers set up to play their games, check out their new games, buy stuff, and preview the games that weren't out yet. I was amazed at all the booths and people, and Mark was running off to play the first games. We spent the morning touring the exhibition hall. Many fans dressed up as their favorite gaming characters and I had fun taking pictures of everyone. There were some pretty elaborate costumes. Soon, we left the exhibition hall to go line up for a panel discussion on video game journalism. Everything we attended started with a long line. The event coordinators and crowd control were called Enforcers and did a very good job at keeping the lines organized. We spent a lot of time in lines.
We attended the key note speech given by the Monkey Island game designer. Most of these talks we are going to involve a very successful person discussing how they started out small and usually with a small business. Hey, this pertains to me! We both had fun at PAX. After the key note speech was an open panel discussion with the two makers of Penny Arcade and the hosts of the convention. We spent the whole day here. We got to try out the new Lego Rock Band and Beatles Rock Band. We played with the Wii Resort and this new Wii puzzle game called lights. We kept quite busy. In fact, we didn't get a free chance to check out the freeplay rooms. Basically they had huge rooms set up where anyone could go play on a computer, or play a board game. There was a huge assortment of things to keep you busy. In the halls, there were large bean bags placed everywhere so people could just hang out and use their computer, talk, play their DS or PSP, and even sleep. The place was packed.
After a panel with the star bands at the concert tonight, we had a quick break for dinner and found a sports bar not far away. Then it was back to get in line for the concert. The concert starts at 9:30, but we didn't know how the line would be. So, we got there early. Tonight, the concert finally started at 10:30. We heard 4 bands in the nerd core genre of music. Many of the bands used a game boy and other synthesizers as instruments. The place was jamming as the bands put on a great rock concert. We finally got out of there around 2am. On our way out, I heard someone mention that they were going to the Rock Band freeplay room to play until they closed at 3am. Good for them...we headed to bed. =)
September 4, 2009
Today we change worlds and enter the world of geeks, nerds, and gamers. Yes, it's the start of PAX, the Penny Arcade Expo. Basically, it's a video game convention that covers 3 days. It started in 2003 and this is the first year they sold out tickets for the event reaching maximum capacity of the Washington Convention Center - 75,000 people. The whole convention center was set up for the event and it was quite an experience.
Mark is certainly more in this world of gamers than I am. Though, I do understand most of what's going on. I really had no idea what I was getting into when we decided to schedule our Seattle trip around PAX. The Expo started today, Friday, at 10am, however, the line opened up at 8am. The first 4,000 people received wristbands that guaranteed admission to tonight's concert. We arrived about 8am and entered the Queue room, a room that we would get to know well. They had a whole exhibit hall set up just to hold people in a line. We were certainly one of the first 4,000, though certainly not the first. We sat down on the concrete floor that would be our home for the next 2 days and watched the line entertainment. Entertainment consisted of a message board for people to text message in to. Also, there was inside humor and a few trivia games during the wait.
By the time 10am rolled around, we were as jammed in this line as possible with every bit of space taken up by a person so as to fit us all in. Then, the gates were opened and everyone raced into a series of dark rooms full of computers and games!!!! All the top gaming companies had a booth as well as some individual games. Basically, we could walk around and use their computers set up to play their games, check out their new games, buy stuff, and preview the games that weren't out yet. I was amazed at all the booths and people, and Mark was running off to play the first games. We spent the morning touring the exhibition hall. Many fans dressed up as their favorite gaming characters and I had fun taking pictures of everyone. There were some pretty elaborate costumes. Soon, we left the exhibition hall to go line up for a panel discussion on video game journalism. Everything we attended started with a long line. The event coordinators and crowd control were called Enforcers and did a very good job at keeping the lines organized. We spent a lot of time in lines.
We attended the key note speech given by the Monkey Island game designer. Most of these talks we are going to involve a very successful person discussing how they started out small and usually with a small business. Hey, this pertains to me! We both had fun at PAX. After the key note speech was an open panel discussion with the two makers of Penny Arcade and the hosts of the convention. We spent the whole day here. We got to try out the new Lego Rock Band and Beatles Rock Band. We played with the Wii Resort and this new Wii puzzle game called lights. We kept quite busy. In fact, we didn't get a free chance to check out the freeplay rooms. Basically they had huge rooms set up where anyone could go play on a computer, or play a board game. There was a huge assortment of things to keep you busy. In the halls, there were large bean bags placed everywhere so people could just hang out and use their computer, talk, play their DS or PSP, and even sleep. The place was packed.
After a panel with the star bands at the concert tonight, we had a quick break for dinner and found a sports bar not far away. Then it was back to get in line for the concert. The concert starts at 9:30, but we didn't know how the line would be. So, we got there early. Tonight, the concert finally started at 10:30. We heard 4 bands in the nerd core genre of music. Many of the bands used a game boy and other synthesizers as instruments. The place was jamming as the bands put on a great rock concert. We finally got out of there around 2am. On our way out, I heard someone mention that they were going to the Rock Band freeplay room to play until they closed at 3am. Good for them...we headed to bed. =)
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tourist Day
posted at http://markandjoannatravel.blogspot.com
September 3, 2009
Waking up today was very different than waking up in the tent. We woke up facing a great view of Seattle from up high with the sun rising on the right lighting up the buildings in warm colors. Also, we now get to shower every day. =) This makes me happy.
Today is our tourist day. We left the hotel and headed south to the tallest building in Seattle - The Columbia Center. It rises over 1,000 feet above sea level and has an observation deck on floor 73 near the top. It was empty of tourists and much cheaper than the Space Needle. We got some good pictures of the surrounding Seattle from the air. The traffic center was there as well and they would check the windows when needed to see the traffic. Most of them were on facebook, watching tv, or twittering.
Next we headed towards the coast and Pikes Place / Pikes Market. It was not as crowded as it would be on a Saturday. Actually, we found ourselves amid many LSU fans clad in their purple and yellow. It turns out that LSU is playing University of Washington. We wondered where they were parking all their RVs and displaying their tall flags. =) The market was still pretty crowded. We watched the flying fish phenomenon and then just walked around viewing the shops and food. We stopped at a pastry shop and had breakfast. I had a tasty apple cinnamon roll. Mark had a potato, onion and cheese pyroshki. Then, just down the street was a cheese shop which we had to stop in. They were making cheese in the back. We tried the cheese curds and then just had to eat some of their best mac and cheese. It was indeed tasty. Then we headed to a seafood stall and had them crack and clean a Dungeness Crab for us. We took our crab over to a park with benches to eat. Mmmmm, Dungeness is defintely my favorite crab now. We experienced our first Seattle rain at this point. It rained while we ate our crab which wasn't too bad as our hands got cleaned as well. The rain passed and a gorgeous sunny day emerged. We walked to the Westlake Center to pick up the monorail to the Seattle Center where the Space Needle is. We visited the EMP/SFM, the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. The SFM was smaller than we would have liked, but the EMP offered lots of exhibits for viewing.
Next we walked up to Lake Union and found the Center for Wooden Boats. There were boats; they were wooden; it was small. We made it too I Love Sushi restaurant for happy hour and had some tasty sushi. We were told we just had to have sushi in WA. We might even have it again. I stayed safe with California Rolls and Spider Rolls. Mark was a little more adventurous with a kitchen special and several other types of sushi. He had some crunchy rolls that I really liked. We were still early for sunset, but we had pretty much exhausted our tourist activities for the area, so we walked to Kerry Park. This little park is the number one photographer location for taking photos of the downtown skyline. It's a little north of downtown and near the Queen Anne hill area. The houses here were very nice and I know the people here had money to live with such a view. The weather was just perfect to see downtown with Mount Rainier poking it's head out behind it. We could see the glassy calm Pugent Sound as the sun set to our right and cast pretty warm yellow light over downtown. This is the perfect photographer's light. In fact, I counted up to 15 other photographers with tripods here with us along with several others without tripods. It was absolutely packed. I even got to share information with one of the more professional looking photogs. Two photos showed up with their wives in a Hummer limo to take pictures. They each used many lenses. Their wives were somewhat schooled on photography composition as well and had fun taking pictures of the various groups that showed up with their compact cameras for group photos. It was a people watching experience and quite fun. When the twilight hour hit, I got some gorgeous full moon photos as well as the downtown skyline lit up with lights. I was happy. Mark was nice enough to sit here for several hours with me so I could get my photo fix.
Then we walked back to the hotel....about 2 miles away or so. Yes, lots of walking today. I'm enjoying it, though. There are lots of bikes, too and traffic really does work with the bikes and pedestrians. We are falling in love with this area of the country.
We found the pick up hotel to get our badges for the PAX convention over the next 3 days. Tomorrow we will wake up early and line up for the start of the PAX convention. They sold out at 75,000 people. We will join them over the next two days for this popular video game convention. I don't even understand what all we will be seeing, but Mark is very excited.
pics later
September 3, 2009
Waking up today was very different than waking up in the tent. We woke up facing a great view of Seattle from up high with the sun rising on the right lighting up the buildings in warm colors. Also, we now get to shower every day. =) This makes me happy.
Today is our tourist day. We left the hotel and headed south to the tallest building in Seattle - The Columbia Center. It rises over 1,000 feet above sea level and has an observation deck on floor 73 near the top. It was empty of tourists and much cheaper than the Space Needle. We got some good pictures of the surrounding Seattle from the air. The traffic center was there as well and they would check the windows when needed to see the traffic. Most of them were on facebook, watching tv, or twittering.
Next we headed towards the coast and Pikes Place / Pikes Market. It was not as crowded as it would be on a Saturday. Actually, we found ourselves amid many LSU fans clad in their purple and yellow. It turns out that LSU is playing University of Washington. We wondered where they were parking all their RVs and displaying their tall flags. =) The market was still pretty crowded. We watched the flying fish phenomenon and then just walked around viewing the shops and food. We stopped at a pastry shop and had breakfast. I had a tasty apple cinnamon roll. Mark had a potato, onion and cheese pyroshki. Then, just down the street was a cheese shop which we had to stop in. They were making cheese in the back. We tried the cheese curds and then just had to eat some of their best mac and cheese. It was indeed tasty. Then we headed to a seafood stall and had them crack and clean a Dungeness Crab for us. We took our crab over to a park with benches to eat. Mmmmm, Dungeness is defintely my favorite crab now. We experienced our first Seattle rain at this point. It rained while we ate our crab which wasn't too bad as our hands got cleaned as well. The rain passed and a gorgeous sunny day emerged. We walked to the Westlake Center to pick up the monorail to the Seattle Center where the Space Needle is. We visited the EMP/SFM, the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. The SFM was smaller than we would have liked, but the EMP offered lots of exhibits for viewing.
Next we walked up to Lake Union and found the Center for Wooden Boats. There were boats; they were wooden; it was small. We made it too I Love Sushi restaurant for happy hour and had some tasty sushi. We were told we just had to have sushi in WA. We might even have it again. I stayed safe with California Rolls and Spider Rolls. Mark was a little more adventurous with a kitchen special and several other types of sushi. He had some crunchy rolls that I really liked. We were still early for sunset, but we had pretty much exhausted our tourist activities for the area, so we walked to Kerry Park. This little park is the number one photographer location for taking photos of the downtown skyline. It's a little north of downtown and near the Queen Anne hill area. The houses here were very nice and I know the people here had money to live with such a view. The weather was just perfect to see downtown with Mount Rainier poking it's head out behind it. We could see the glassy calm Pugent Sound as the sun set to our right and cast pretty warm yellow light over downtown. This is the perfect photographer's light. In fact, I counted up to 15 other photographers with tripods here with us along with several others without tripods. It was absolutely packed. I even got to share information with one of the more professional looking photogs. Two photos showed up with their wives in a Hummer limo to take pictures. They each used many lenses. Their wives were somewhat schooled on photography composition as well and had fun taking pictures of the various groups that showed up with their compact cameras for group photos. It was a people watching experience and quite fun. When the twilight hour hit, I got some gorgeous full moon photos as well as the downtown skyline lit up with lights. I was happy. Mark was nice enough to sit here for several hours with me so I could get my photo fix.
Then we walked back to the hotel....about 2 miles away or so. Yes, lots of walking today. I'm enjoying it, though. There are lots of bikes, too and traffic really does work with the bikes and pedestrians. We are falling in love with this area of the country.
We found the pick up hotel to get our badges for the PAX convention over the next 3 days. Tomorrow we will wake up early and line up for the start of the PAX convention. They sold out at 75,000 people. We will join them over the next two days for this popular video game convention. I don't even understand what all we will be seeing, but Mark is very excited.
pics later
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