At the end of April, we had the opportunity to join up with Mary's sister and brother-in-law in Seattle to celebrate their anniversary along with Mary's mother, and to do so by train!
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4/29/08 First train ride! On Metra to downtown.
4/29/08 First train ride!
4/29/08 At Chicago Union Station, boarding the Empire Builder.
4/29/08 First look at our Family Bedroom.
4/29/08 Complimentary sparkling wine. Ray is not as toasted as he looks.
4/29/08 Settled in.
4/29/08 Upper bunk folds down.
4/29/08 Station stop in Milwaukee.
4/29/08 Manuel, our car attendant.
4/29/08 Crossing the Mississippi at dusk.
4/29/08 Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer.
4/29/08 Nothing in the Diner for Graeme.
4/29/08 Late night smoking break.
4/30/08 Rise and shine in North Dakota.
4/30/08 North Dakota.
4/30/08 North Dakota.
4/30/08 Meeting our neighbor, Bob.
4/30/08 In the lounge car.
4/30/08 In the lounge car.
4/30/08 In the lounge car.
4/30/08 Lunchtime for Graeme. Avocado...yum!
4/30/08 Finally, a nap!
4/30/08 Papa relieved that Graeme isn't awake and squirming.
4/30/08 Sigh.
4/30/08 Static locomotive display at a station stop.
4/30/08 Somewhere in Montana.
4/30/08 Horses!
4/30/08 Approaching the Rockies.
4/30/08 The Rockies.
4/30/08 Somewhere in the Rockies.
4/30/08 Climbing through the Rockies.
5/1/08 Time to wake up!
5/1/08 Morning in Washington.
5/1/08 Morning in Washington.
5/1/08 Morning in Washington.
5/1/08 A final breakfast in the diner.
5/1/08 Through the Cascades.
5/1/08 In the Cascades.
5/1/08 The Cascades.
5/1/08 The Cascades.
5/1/08 Puget Sound.
5/1/08 Arrived in Seattle 15 minutes early!
5/1/08 In a skybridge in downtown Seattle.
5/1/08 Ch-ch-chihuly! In the lobby of the Opera House.
5/2/08 Morning on the grounds of the B&B.
5/2/08 Morning on the grounds of the B&B.
5/2/08 Morning on the grounds of the B&B.
5/2/08 Morning on the grounds of the B&B.
5/2/08 Granny Barbara
5/2/08 The B&B
5/2/08 On the grounds of the B&B.
5/2/08 Mary, Graeme, Aunt Ann, Granny Barbara.
Graeme with Aunt Anne.
5/2/08 A walk in the park.
5/2/08 A walk in the park.
5/2/08 A visit to the Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Cheese curds being made.
5/2/08 Trying cheese curds...fresh and squeaky on the teeth, like they should be.
5/2/08 Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Adam, Anne and Granny Barbara at the Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Pike Place Market.
5/2/08 Time for lunch.
5/2/08 "What, no seafood for me?"
5/2/08 Graeme with Aunt Anne
5/2/08 Uncle Adam and Granny Barbara
5/2/08 Graeme doing his thing.
5/3/08 Let's ride the Seattle Monorail!
5/3/08 Monorail arrives.
5/3/08 On the Monorail.
5/4/08 The grounds of the B&B
5/4/08 The grounds of the B&B
5/4/08 Lunch with friends.
5/4/08 Graeme meets a contemporary.
5/4/08 Graeme with Uncle Adam
5/4/08 Snoqualmie Falls, near Seattle.
5/4/08 At Snoqualmie Falls.
5/4/08 At Snoqualmie Falls.
5/4/08 At Snoqualmie Falls.
5/4/08 At Snoqualmie Falls.
5/4/08 At Snoqualmie Falls.
5/4/08 A final dinner before we fly home.
5/4/08 A final dinner before we fly home.
5/4/08 Graeme Koltys, jetsetter.
5/4/08 Mashed banana in the airport...mmmmm.
5/4/08 Graeme's first flight (he slept through most of it).