Monday, May 28, 2012

Pedal Boats at Greenlake

We rented pedal boats at Greenlake. My uncle, aunt, and two cousins were in another boat. My uncle is a Nikon enthusiast, so it was nice to finally get photos of Brooke, Ryan and I together.

The temperature was about 70 degrees, but it felt much colder on the water. Ryan complained of being cold, so I gave him my shirt (I wasn't trying to show off the guns).
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Bremerton Autocross

A coworker of mine finally got his Datsun 280Z project car fitted with a new suspension and tires, so we decided to test it at the Bremerton Autocross. Bremerton is about 2 hours away via ferry and race registration started at 7:30am, so it was an early morning for us.

While on the Bremerton ferry, we saw a beautiful sunrise over Seattle (I wish I had a better camera than my point&shoot)...
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The car was completely gutted. It had no interior door panels, side mirrors, no door handles, and no glass except for the windshield which is required...
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I was extremely nervous before the race for a few reasons:
(1) I hadn't autocrossed in about ten years.
(2) I had never driven this car before race day. The only pre-race testing that I got was when I drove it into the starting grid.
(3) I had never raced in a rear-wheel drive car.
(4) The car didn't belong to me.
To my surprise, the race went great. I only hit one cone and missed zero gates. I didn't break any land speed records, but I did manage to beat my coworker…
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While I was racing, Brooke and Ryan took the bus to Seattle and then hopped on the trolley to South Lake Union. (Ryan loves buses and trains). The SLU area has a big pond where you can checkout (for free) toy sail boats. The boats have no motors or any sort of controls. You simply push the boat toward the center of the pond and watch the wind take it away...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Easter Weekend

A scavenger hunt for Ryan on Easter morning...
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My brother flew back to Seattle for the weekend and we took a day trip to Vashon Island. There wasn't much to see on Vashon, so we just grabbed some coffee and walked around Point Robinson Park digging under the rocks for sea creatures…. DSC_3823
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Sorry for not posting more often. We've been outdoors as often as possible enjoying the unusually good weather. (I think we've had 6 sunny weekends in a row). But now it's rainy again, so it's time to blog… DSC_4040
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While going through our pictures, Brooke noticed these two photos matched up perfectly.  The photo on the left is me while in the U.S. refugee camp in Thailand (which would mean I was the same age as Ryan now)…. Van&Ryan DSC_3654