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The Three-Hour Slide Show

The good thing about looking at pictures on the web, instead of sitting in someone's living room at a slide show is that you can quickly scroll by on the web, rather than listening politely to a ten-minute speech with each slide. (Was I ever bored in my growing-up years by long slide shows? Well, maybe once or twice. It's funny to think that the girls will instantly think of powerpoint when someone says slide show!)

I have several collections of pictures that I've sorted through and uploaded tonight, that cover the activities of the last two weekends.

Both weekends included trips up Highway 9. Last weekend, when the girls were with their dad, I drove all the way up from Redmond to Bellingham up Highway 9. I stopped in Snohomish for a bit, found the best used bookstore ever. I can't remember the name of it, but it was so fun to wander around in. The books were loosely sorted, and also piled everywhere. I felt like I could discover almost anything there if I looked hard enough!

I also took a wrong turn at Sedro Wooley, and ended up driving out Highway 20 for a while, until I saw the Baker Lake Road and realized I'd taken a wrong turn somewhere. Because I was already there, and had really no idea how far I'd have to drive to get to Baker Lake, I drove down the Baker Lake road for a while, until it became clear that I wasn't going to reach the lake anytime soon.

This weekend, the girls and I went to a Washington State shaped corn maze that is near Snohomish, then into Snohomish for a lunch that included pie, and some wandering through the shops there. The girls fell in love with an orange kitten named Woodchip, and wanted to take her home with us. I had to frisk them before they got in the car to make sure she wasn't hidden under someone's shirt.

Woodchip was pretty adorable, and she had a real thing for Katrina's lap. She was curled up asleep on her lap, but Abby wanted the kitty to sleep on her lap too, but every time she tried to move her, she'd meow in a screechy sort of way, and if Abby did put the kitty on her lap. the kitty would stand up and walk back to Katrina's lap. Finally, Katrina got her lap out of sight and Woodchip sat on Abby's lap for a while.

Corn Maze Pictures

Pictures of Snohomish Buildings

Pictures down by the Snohomish River

Pictures taken along Highway 9 (and Highway 20)

I've also updated my pictures pages so that comments can be left there.

Posted by Rachel at September 14, 2003 09:29 PM