(Posted Sep 24, 09:22 PM by Zac)
En route from Bellingham to Portland I had a chance to stop in Seattle to grab lunch with my cousin Aaron, who I hadn’t seen in quite some time. I found his office building without much trouble (“the giant black building downtown”) and found a place to park. Aaron works for Amazon doing some kind of business stuff that I’d probably fail miserably at trying to explain… I know he basically manages a section of the online stores, coordinating things and such.
Anyway, we met up and ended up walking to grab lunch at a little Italian place. Great food. Downtown Seattle is an interesting place… just past the skyscrapers is the Pike Street Market, and a few blocks from that is the Space Needle and Experience Music Project (EMP). All great places to explore if you have the time (I didn’t).
After lunch I left for Nevin’s House in Portland. I stopped at Portland International Raceway on the drive down, but there was some motocross event happening instead of a race on the big track. I didn’t feel like paying the $5 gate fee so I just figured I’d leave it on the list of things to do next time.
The plan had been to stop briefly at Nevin’s house, say hi, grab my borrowed backpack, and bomb down to Ashland. Well, that didn’t happen. Five more hours of driving was more than I felt like, so we popped open a few beers and relaxed. We all went for a short walk, and I ended up taking a few pictures. I wish I’d brought my tripod… there were some cool photo opportunities. Andi (Galen’s girlfriend) and I played around taking pictures while Nevin and Galen enjoyed the night air. Refreshing. Once home, we put on some music and crashed out for the night.
Pictures:
Lucky shot…
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