Brea Jones

After several days without Internet access or even cell phone service, I’m back! Here’s a round up of the past few days in Yellowstone National Park and some photos of our adventure that we took with cameras, not cell phones.

Seattle was amazing

I think that is enough to say. Cassie’s photos of her family are on the way, but we were able to see so much of the city in one day. One of the most amazing sights was the Space Needle. It was built in 1962 for the World Fair, and has an observation deck at 520 feet in the air. The elevator runs about 10 mph, so it was a quick ride and well worth it.
This is the view of downtown. There are many more pictures of the mountains and the water. Seattle is beautiful no matter which way you look.

Here is some proof we were there on June 12, 2006.

After a visit to Seattle Center, we headed to Pike’s Place Market.

We got coffee at the first Starbuck’s – pictures are on Cassie’s camera and will be here soon.

This is a few blocks from Pike’s Place.
I thought journalism majors weren’t supposed to like math. Oh well, I like pi.

This is the famous Ivar’s Restaurant in Seattle. We each had clam chowder, and we shared prawns and chips and fish and chips. Neither of us ate the fries because the fish was amazing and we didn’t want to waste it. The water served as a backdrop.

Family

Our first stop was supposed to be an overnight stay, but ended up being a nap stop in Tigard, Ore., with my aunt Elisabeth Southorn, my uncle Dale and my cousin Debbie. Debbie graduated at the top of her class from Tigard High School on June 9, so our June 11 visit was full of exciting news.

On the road

On our painstaking drive from Chico to Oregon, we caught this beautiful rainbow as we saw the sun rise. It helped boost our moods as we journeyed without much sleep to our first destination.