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Tue, 26 Aug 2008

To Camano Island and Back
The five of us traveled up to Camano Island today for the purpose of visiting George and approving the material for the spiral staircase and railing for the back patio and deck. Camano Island is near Stanwood if that helps (it didn't help me)... about an hour drive to the north from our house. We first had to drop off the Mercedes at the garage to diagnose some mysterious non-starting problem. The ride in the BMW was tight, but not too bad. It certainly would have been more enjoyable if Eliana had not thrown up a couple of times on the way there (thankfully we contained the ejected stomach contents in a small cooler). Ah... good times.

One we found the place, Kristy and I took turns watching the kids and talking with George about the fabrication and installation plans. I have no doubt the the final product will be fantastic, but George is certainly taking his sweet time.

Here are some pictures of the kids just outside of George's workshop:

Berkeley near a Camano Island pond. Eliana gathering flora (mostly weeds). Olivia hiding behind a sculpture.

On our way back we stopped in Stanwood at "Jimmy's Pizza and Pasta" which I found out just now is - according to TripAdvisor - the #1 ranked restaurant in all of Stanwood! (*cough* out of 3 total restaurants.) The pizza and pasta we ordered were actually all very good. The pizza was fresh tasting and the crust was very fine. We'll probably not be in that part of town again (never say never!), but if we happen that way then I would not hesitate to go back for more pizza and pasta at Jimmy's. Good cheap small town food.

We returned to Bellevue to pick up the Mercedes and Kristy took the girls home for naps. Berkeley and I lingered and then walked over to nearby Park Place and had a look at the inventory of exotic cars they have for sale; including (in Berkeley's order of preference) the Ferraris, the Porches, the Aston Martins, and the vintage Corvettes. Berkeley picked out a 5-yr-old red Porche Boxster convertible for Kristy and recommended that we buy it and take it home. To my surprise, it was listed at just a mere $22k and change. I had a small moment of weakness, but I stiffened up and got over it pretty quickly. We then continued on and eventually returned home.

:: Posted by rus on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:58 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2008

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