Adventures of a well-rounded geek
Last Wednesday, the housemates and I made our way to Victoria, BC for part one of our vacation. It involved flying to Seattle over an hour late, rushing to grab Lydia's car from our dear friend, Doug, driving to the ferry, taking the two hour boat ride into Sidney, BC, and driving another 30 minutes…
Landed in Denver at 11:30pm last night, got home at 12:30am. My vacation to the Pacific Northwest is at an end. I am tired and happy to be home. I'll write up the highlights of the trip in the following couple of days, today was a day of unpacking, laundry, and rest. My dad was…
We have made it to our airbnb in Victoria, BC! Took a plane, a car, and a ferry to get here but we got here. Our plane took off over an hour late but thankfully we still got to the ferry in time, partly in thanks to our awesome friend, Doug, who met us at…
Yesterday started with Elisabeth and I going to an Iraqi bakery she had read about a few weeks ago - Shahrazad Bakery. She was interested in their flatbread but I was interested in their baklava. I quite love the dessert but find that it's hard to find really good quality baklava. So imagine how thrilled…
On Fourth of July, the housemates and I went over to Kaitlin's house for a few hours to have lunch and spend time with my family. I had an absolute blast. Kaitlin had just purchased a kiddie pool so we got to chill outside and I put my feet in the water as EG and…
Today has been an extremely busy day for me. After breakfast I biked to the community garden to water and weed. The tomato and pepper plants are doing really well from what I can tell. They're growing bigger and the leaves are looking good. My chives and cucumber have still not come up, can I…
We drove back home from Moab on Friday but not before we stopped at Jailhouse Cafe to eat breakfast. I had seen they had ginger pancakes and thought Gene might want to try them. Plus, it was yet another restaurant less than a block away from our motel. So we got up and were early…
On our second full day in Moab, Gene and I went on a river rafting trip. I had never been before and Gene had only gone as a child so we figured we should give it a go. We hopped on a bus with 80 other rafters and drove 45 minutes, through the scenic route…
We got up early our second day in Moab and headed straight to Arches National Park so we could hike to the Delicate Arch. It was a good choice for us to go early because it meant we beat the crowds, beat the heat, and we got into the park free yet again because we…
Gene and I made it back home from our trip to Moab. The sights were absolutely gorgeous, some even breathtaking. We left the house on Tuesday and headed straight to the bakery in Georgetown that we both really enjoyed. Sadly, we discovered that it is permanently closed, no explanation given. That was a bummer and…
