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August 30, 2005
Northwest Adventure: a Recount
I had every intention of posting more about the Northwest Adventure before starting the Northeast Adventure, but it didn't happen. So I'll keep it short, so I can get up to speed:
--12 days
--3 international airports
--2 float planes
--11 pounds of baggage over the 20 lb maximum per passenger on the float plane, payable at $1/lb (with no allowance for the fact that most people weigh double what I do, three cheers and thanks mom for the rolling maximum legal carry-on suitcase I resisted purchasing for years)
--7 busses
--5 meetings with CEOs of cool organic/fair trade/local food companies
--4 ferries
--4 islands (San Juan, Lopez, Vancouver, Salt Spring)
--3 farmers markets
--2 farms
--10 mornings started off with fresh fruit smoothies
--1 rope swing into a stagnant, algae-o-riffic pond
--1 day on a boat with Adam counting marbeled murrelets
--2 great hikes with mom & dad
--1 knitted scarf begun, and not completed
--1 chair massage in YVR
--1 exhausted girl who felt like she needed a vacation after supposedly having one.
Some representative photos:
...and the same scene from three different perspectives.
My parents' place on Salt Spring Island, while you're sitting on the dock drinking wine:
From the 7am float plane on your way to Vancouver:
...and from the jet en route back to SFO.
Posted by Elizabeth at August 30, 2005 07:04 PM