Why I love Living in Seattle

Today is one of the days why I love living in Seattle.

I got up this morning and decided to talk a walk down on Harbor Blvd. towards Alki Beach.
Now West Seattle is a peninsula which goes out in to Puget Sound, so there is water all round.

My walk starts out pretty uneventful, in a small industrial area, then you come around the corner and you see downtown Seattle.
You see that for a while then it you start to see an area called Queen Anne, old part of town, beautiful houses.
As I keep walking, next is Magnolia. There is park there called Discovery Park, great place for hiking and it also has an active Military Base.

All this is on my right hand side, on the left are condo's

Now, there are still some old original houses down there, but they get bought and put condo's up. The condo's run about 1 million plus, because of the view you get

As I am walking..I am getting passed by Joggers, skate boarder, skaters, and bicycles, it is a very popular area when it is nice.

After I pass downtown, I come up on the Olympics. Everyone knows about the Cascades on the east side, but on the west side, are they Olympics, on a good day if you are in the right part of town you can see both, but the Olympics are just as beautiful
I am coming around the corner, and I am coming up on Alki Beach. Now, during the summer and when the weather is nice, the place is packed. There is a beach, and lots of shops and restaurants. Parking is a bitch, but if you can find it, it is a great place to spend the evening. We even have a Statue of Liberty there.
After I took this picture, I knew it was time to head back, I could have went all the way but I didn't feel like walking 6 miles.

So, that is why I love living in Seattle.

Slacker

Yep, I have been slacking again..i will update here soon

Seattle weather: Colder than Siberia!

Check out the article from the Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004470095_weather11m.html


BRRRRRRRR

Mac or not to Mac

I have been thinking about getting a new PC, and I have been pondering on getting a Mac. Now I know that Mac's are cool, I have dinked around with them a bit, and have been looking at the Mac Mini.

It is small, cute and what I need, and not a bad price 600 bucks. Or, I can just build my own PC for about 300.....I hate making decisions...


Any input from anyone?

San Jacinto

On my last day in California we went to San Jacinto, which is a mountain range by Palm Springs. The peak of the mountain is 10,000 feet, but you take a tram up to 8,500 feet, and it is just beautiful, as you can see by the pictures to the right.

44

Today was my 44th birthday, yep, I am 44. I feel like it, but I like to think I don't look like I am 44.


I had a good day,Tom gave me a call 1st thing this morning, then, Kevin took me out for University Village for Sushi and walked around the shops. I got a nice jacket at Eddie Bauer for myself.


All and all it was a good day

I put up more pics from my trip.

I had a pretty good birthday

Back Home

I am back home, and very glad to be home. Granted it is cold and overcast, but it was nice to sleep in my bed.

Once I have all the pictures sorted out, will post them

California Trip, Part Two

Saturday we headed East to the desert, to a place called Ladder Canyon. It was a nice hike, and you will see why it is called Ladder Canyon. Throughout the canyon there are several ladders you have to climb to continue on....as you can see by the pictures to the right.