The wife and I recently took a business/pleasure trip to the Pacific Northwest. The business part consisted of the wife competing for a spot on Sew It All TV at an expo near Tacoma, Washington. After that was over, we drove to Gig Harbor on Puget Sound to have dinner and drinks. The next day, we headed down to Portland, Oregon, where we took in the downtown sights and toured the Lan Su Chinese Garden. We spent the next couple of days exploring Seattle before flying back home to a very welcome three-day weekend.
I embedded a timeline of tweets and a picture gallery below. This was our first chance to really play around with the new camera, so the pictures aren’t great. We got lucky with a couple of days of warm, sunny weather, including the day we had a hotel balcony near the food truck lot in Portland. The remaining days, we experienced the typical overcast sky and misty rain that is so characteristic of the region.
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From my Project Blog: I’m on my way to the Sew it All TV Casting Call! – tinyurl.com/ams87np
— Elizabeth Chandler (@EC_Designs) March 2, 2013
Somewhere over Ohio last night. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 3, 2013
The wife’s about to do her thing. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 3, 2013
The wife’s competition. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 3, 2013
Beth Chandler built an adorable mini picnic table to demonstrate her tablecloth project! fb.me/124TorxiM
— Sew It All (@sewitalltv) March 3, 2013
I think we all know who built the adorable mini picnic table.
Reminds me of Buster’s chair. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 4, 2013
Two square blocks of food trucks. I’m like a kid in a candy store. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 4, 2013
Put a bird on it. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 4, 2013
A panorama of downtown Portland, Oregon from my hotel balcony. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 5, 2013
The third hotel in three days. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 5, 2013
I couldn’t help but think of Temple Of Doom when I saw this. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 5, 2013
These next couple of pictures were taken at the Experience Music Project, a museum in Seattle that’s dedicated to the history and exploration of popular music, science fiction, and pop culture.
Jimi’s national anthem guitar from Woodstock. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 6, 2013
This was a sculpture from the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Pretty cool. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 9, 2013
This was a participatory exhibit in the science fiction wing of the museum:
A snowy Lake Michigan. twitter.com/chad_chandler/…
— Chad Chandler (@chad_chandler) March 8, 2013
Here’s the photo gallery. Click on the first picture to enlarge, then use your arrow keys to advance.
All in all, it was a great trip. I fly all over the country for work, but I never seem to see much more than the airport and the hotel/conference center. We managed to turn this brief business trip into a well-deserved vacation.
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