First Weekend of Fall

This past weekend Rand and I drove up (I drove, he slept) to the Methow Valley for a brief end of Summer getaway. Tara's been in Hawaii for the past couple of weeks so I figured the boys would go on a vacation of our own.



Much of the drive was spent with my mouth open, in awe of the view that surrounded me. The North Cascades Highway carves through the mountains, East to West, and is the only road that runs through the Northern part of the range. It's relatively low traffic volume and mostly wide shoulder make it an ideal epic bicycle route, one that I have committed myself to ride soon...





Hut 1 of the Rolling Huts was our home for the weekend. Designed by Tom Kundig of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects and designer of the Delta Shelter–was a nice alternative to the bed & breakfasts' or roughing it at campsite.






Saturday was ride day. I rode East along Highway 20 to through Winthrop and then to Twisp where I had lunch at the Cinnamon Twisp Bakery. On the return, I took the Twisp-Winthrop Eastside Road. The ride was relatively short, 46 miles in 3 hours, but I wanted to make sure Rand had a chance to enjoy the day outside too.

City of Roses

We drove down to Portland over Memorial Day Weekend with Joe and Tony for a some sun, food, drinks, and Grizzly Bear. Here are a few photos, with more on my flickr.


Celebrity Name Game Challenge to pass the time.



Really great PNW cuisine.




Color turned out really nice, didn't do anything special in post!


Late night snack after the Grizzly Bear show.

Next time I visit, I'm taking the train and bringing my bicycle. Everything I would ever want to visit is within a 5 mile radius and it's all flat. Everyone bicycles.

Back From Seaside

Spent the weekend in Seaside, OR relaxing by the fire in a house on the beach with friends.

San Francisco

Back from San Francisco, recharged. Tara and I went down to celebrate her new job and to just get out of Seattle for a few days. I'm excited to get back to work as now we've got the go ahead to begin work on the new HA website, client workload permitting of course...

Whistler 2007

Got back from Whistler last night. This year I decided to take it easy after all the hours I've been working and skied for only one out of the two days we were there. It was good to just get out of Seattle for a few days and relax.




Lunch at one of the many restaurants in the village


Stopping over in Vancouver for lunch at Shabusen