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Washington - Oct. 2010 - part 5 - coming home

The first two pics were from out trip TO Washington. I didn't have them when I made those posts, so I'm adding them now. I didn't even know that they had been taken. Bug's dad was outside, stretching his legs. Bug & I were in our room.

On our last day in Washington Bug got to go to the children's museum in Everett. She'd been there 3.5 years ago and couldn't wait to go back. She went there with her dad & Uncle Craig while I went yarn shopping with my sister.





While at the train station, I got Bug to sit down with me & my sister.

Bug being Bug, she insisted on a "silly faces" photo, too. There was a lady sitting further down on the bench from Bug's dad who was enjoying this quite a bit.

I can't find the pic from 2004, but Bug's dad took a shot of her just like this on our last visit to WA. He had her pose the same way.

Taking a flying leap!

Since we had coach seats on the way back, we spent quite a bit of time in the lounge car. Bug took advantage of the table to work on a comic strip.

She enjoyed some reading before going to sleep.

Saying goodbye to Antonio.

Washington - Oct. 2010 - part 4 - the zoo

We went back to Seattle so that Bug could go to the zoo. We'd gone there on a previous trip, when she was 2 1/2 and really liked it. We were not disappoined.





Bug was thrilled that she got to see the jaguar EATING.


This penguin seemed to be playing with Bug. It was the coolest thing to watch.


Just before the trip, Bug & I saw "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole", so the owls were high on her list of cool things to see.




Bug got about a 5-minute one-on-one chat with this lady who is holding a peregrine falcon.


Bug loves meerkats!

Washington - Oct. 2010 - part 3

We took the ferry to Whidbey Island. Bug thought that it was pretty cool to drive a car onto a boat.

It was a bit windy...

We made a stop at Ft. Casey. Bug had a great time exploring the whole area. We found a geocache, too.

A little roomier than the train closet!



The lighthouse was only open on weekends, so we didn't get to go inside.
We then headed north to Deception Pass. We had brought along a travel bug to leave in a geocache. (click on the teddy bear towards the top of the page to follow her travels) This is the view from where we left it. Definitely worth the hike.


Bug, holding Doris Mae just before we put her in the geocache. She's been removed and is in Canada, but hasn't been dropped in a cache yet. We're looking forward to following her adventures.