Snow 2008

olympia snow december 2008

Ryan
from his treo 680

Election Night Obama Dance

It was a bit after 11:30 on November 4th, 2008.
We had know for sure Obama was going to be our next President for about 3 1/2 hours.
Celebration was in the air.
And so was pole dancing at Jake's Bar downtown Olympia, WA.
A block from us, several hundred people were parting in the streets.
We were inside where it was safe.
Then... dancing started.
After a wonderful preformance of a Queen song on the stage, it was my wife's idea to dance on the square poles. Mat joined her. I got out my phone to capture the moment.



After some spanking and shaking, a gentleman in the bar decided my wife needed some jello shots.



Obama would be proud to know we voted for him.

Election night

no one danced like this when gw won

Ryan
from his treo 680

Rot gone

rotten stuff is gone
time to rebuild

Ryan
from his treo 680

Shuttle ride home

we are in the shuttle and going home
hopefully there will be no detour thru lakewood to drop people off

Ryan
from his treo 680

On the plane

we are a board
I think I will nap
I hope they don't charge extra for pillows

Ryan
from his treo 680

Leaving Chicago

We are getting on the plane and leaving Chicago in a few minutes
I found and electric plug just off the main H gate fairway
I'm ready to be home
Ramsey found a 24 oz RockStar Energy drink with a screw on top
damn that thing gives me a head ache just looking at it

Fishing

We did get a little bit of fishing in on Saturday afternoon
We went over to a family friends house and threw some lures in the pond
I pulled in an OK sized large mouthed bass
Ramsey was at it much longer than I was and pulled in 5 or 6, including the prize catch of the day, pictured below

The water is too warm to eat them, but it was fun

See

Coffee
wifi

Ryan
from his treo 680

Coffee in moline

coffee is ok
free wifi at the moline/quad city airport

Ryan
from his treo 680

Moline airport

at the airport at 5 am
let's go home

Ryan
from his treo 680

Motel 6 moline il

we are in moline at motel 6
they busted a water main
so don't drink the water
free ice
they charge for wifi

Ryan
from his treo 680

Leaving macomb

we are leaving macomb
we need to gas up and go

Ryan
from his treo 680

Tenderloin pony

If you are ever in macomb I'll
go to the jackson st pub and order the tenderloin pony
an open face tenderloin covered in lattice fries and then cover with cheese sauce
yum

Ryan
from his treo 680

Our trip to Colchester

We left at 2:30 am on Thursday
It was a shuttle ride to the airport to grab a 6am flight to Chicago's O'Hare Airport
Too early
I grabbed some sleep before we left, was way to rushed trying to get out the door and we were off.
The plan, fly to Chicago, wait a couple hours, fly to Moline, grab the rental car and drive down to Colchester Illinois for Labor Day Weekend.
My first mobile blog was from the shuttle. We drove around some appartments in Lakewood looking for the other people who would share the shuttle with us.
We got to the airport about 4:15
We got coffee at the airport, boarded our plan and I was a sleep before we took off.
I slept a couple hours, we landed in Chicago and grabbed some food and drinks in the airport.
The flight from Chicago to Moline was short and sweet
We found our rental car, figured out how to go south on 67 and drove to Colchester/Macomb.


Corn, lots of corn.

Colchester parade

Tractors, lions club, horses, and oddly themed church floats
I did score some candy that was being thrown

Ryan
from his treo 680

Cheese park

macomb I'll
cheese park

Ryan
from his treo 680

Flight to moline

ah.. A flight from o'hare to moline
small plane
pictures include a view of the wing from my seat 10c and a barf bag

Ryan
from his treo 680

We are in chicago

bloody marys
iced tea
hotwings
beer
salad and
pasta

Ryan
from his treo 680

Leaving sea tac

chicago bound
go cubs

Ryan
from his treo 680

Airport

$15 to check a bag with american airlines
even at 4 am

Ryan
from his treo 680

Leaving the house

2:30 in the morning
and we are off like a prom dress

Ryan
from his treo 680

Haven't left yet

The shuttle van picks us up at 2:30 AM
Hard to tell if I should try to sleep
I will and set the alarm for 2 AM
Then its a long ride to Sea-Tac

No dogs on the couch

Ryan
from his treo 680

Fin

me and fin

Ryan
from his treo 680

Dog rescue

rescued chance and this yellow dog this morning
chance is back with his peeps
yellow dog is chained up at his address
we left a note

Ryan
from his treo 680

Bacon salt

I found bacon salt

Ryan
from his treo 680

Sunny

It was quite nice and sunny while we were visting

Here are a few pics of Jules and I enjoying some sunshine on the back deck of Alex and Shelley's house in Mendocino

The Hotel

Here is a pic of a wood bear carving that was outside the hotel we stayed in near cresent city

Clean up posts

Jules had a rough ride down.

He was a bit nervous and panting some of the first day

Also

I have some more pictures on my phone that never made it to the blog
I'll upload them later too

We are back

we got back last night about 9:30pm to some very excited dogs
thanks everyone who commented and checked out our blog
come back often for more exciting adventures like "maehren and ryan go to the grocery store" and "LOOK!!! the thurston county dump"

South eugene

Ryan
from his treo 680

Road and trees

20 minutes outside eureka
we'll stop there for a quick break and to switch drivers

Ryan
from his treo 680

Garberville

where the hell is garberville?

Ryan
from his treo 680

Leaving fort bragg

we are fueled and on the road
Ryan
from his treo 680

Coast

Sandwhiches and a dog walk on the coast

Ryan
from his treo 680

Back at the bench

Ryan
from his treo 680

Mendo beach

Its sunny

Ryan
from his treo 680