Day 1 - We arrive into Seattle around 9pm at night. Our bags do not. Why? Because the lovely curbside check-in man (who took our bags...we didn't even want to curbside check-in, for good reason) decided to give us correct boarding passes and incorrect luggage tags. He tagged our 1 bag (a small duffel that cost us $23 to check) under the name "Takekawa" and sent it to San Francisco. ? Trip is not starting off well.
Day 2 - Using our complimentary Continental airlines toiletries, we clean up and head out to visit Northwest Washington. AKA Twilight country. Yes, I made Brian take a tour of the Twilight towns. Why not? We had a day to kill and when again would we get to tour the most northwest point in the continental United States. First stop is La Push, home of the Quileute Tribe (think Jacob and the werewolves.)
And just for fun. :)
We saw Jacob Black, chilling at home.
Heading from La Push to Forks, just a shot to show how thick the woods were.
This cracked me up. There were so many die-hard Twilight fans. This father (yes, father) was starting his boys early. Maybe they were Bella fans? Oh, in case you are curious, their shirts say "I am pretty much one of the best people I know." Nice. 
The town of Forks is not interesting. At all. I did take the obligatory photos of the spots around town that inspired the places in the books/movies, but they aren't interesting. What is interesting is how blue this lake was. It faded from clear water by the shore, to green further out, to the very pretty blue that you see. This was driving back towards Port Angeles. 
In Port Angeles, I took the same obligatory photos, but again, not interesting to most of you, I'm sure. On our way back to Seattle, we learned that Jack Dwyer was running for State Rep in Washington. Go Jack, you've got our vote! (for those who wondering...we have family friends with a grandson/son/nephew named "Jack Dwyer".) There was also a highly inappropriate, but highly hilarious poster right by Jack's. That's all I'm saying
.That concludes Day 2. We made it back to Seattle, met up with the Podds, and ate some yummy pizza!
Day 3 - Oh, Canada! We head to Vancouver, bright and early in the am. We're disappointed because after spending $80 for Kaylynn's passport, she still doesn't have a stamp to prove she's an international traveler. We got settled into our condo and did a little walking around before dinner.
There is a cute picture of Kaylynn and Carter, but it's on the Podd's camera. Anywho, we had great views of the city of Vancouver from the 21st floor of our building.
To end our first night in Vancouver, the kids enjoyed a little night cap of milk on one of the 2 balconies. It is an understatement when I say that the kiddos LOVED the balconies. They spent every second they could out there. Probably had something to do with the awesome weather!
Good night, Day 3!
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