Its been a long month

Oh my goodness it has been a long month since I have last written in my blog.  that is what seems to happen, you get started when everything is new and fresh, then after a while it just becomes more of the same.  Pretty soon you are forgetting or just saying "It's not worth it."  But really it is worth it to enter regularly for a couple of reasons.  First of all it helps my writing; Secondly it helps my head.

So what have I been up to since April 15th.  On Thursday April 19th Marla and I took off for a roadtrip to Seattle.  Our first night was a rainy drive to the Skagit Casino near Mount Vernon, Washington.  It is one of our favourite hotels.  I like it because I appear to have a bit more luck there on the slot machines.  On the first night I won $80 which was the same price as our room.  They also have one of the best hotel swimming pools. 

The next day we took off to the Tulip Fields of the Skagit Valley.  The flowers were really pretty and Marla and I had a wonderful time driving around and taking pictures of the plants.  It was all very cool.  We found our way down to the Residence Inn in Bothel, Washington on the outskirts of Seattle's northeast side.  I really like staying in Bothel because it is kind of like being in the country with all the flavour of big city action.  We went out for a highly unsatisfying supper at the Outback Steakhouse.  I think our expectations were too high when brought things down a little.

The next morning I was up bright and early and went for a walk behind the hotel.  They have a wonderful trail through the forests and around a small lake.  It follows a stream and has a very natural feel to it.  We had to get into town early because Marla and I had tickets to go see the Seattle Mariners play the Chicago White Sox.  We had great seats right behind first base in the fourth row.  About the third inning I met up with Doug M.  from Portland.  He was up for the NWMet conference in Bellingham.  I decided not to go because the department couldn't afford it.  So it was nice to catch up with Doug and pick up some media information.  Doug snuck down into the seats beside us and we had a great visit. 

Marla and I really like going to ball games and this was the perfect day for a perfect game.  And that was what we got to see.  For only the twenty first time in major league history a pitcher threw a perfect game - 27 mariners came up to bat and 27 went out.  No hits, no runs, no errors.

We kept the baseball theme going the next night when we went to see Damn Yankees at the Seattle 5th Avenue Playhouse.  It was an evening show so we took the opportunity to go to the zoo.  Bad day to go to the zoo.  Every parking spot was taken and there were people with kids everywhere.  So we said 'screw this' and took off for the Pacific Premium Outlet Mall to go shopping.  I would like a new jacket from Wilsons but the selection was yecchy.  Then we checked out a new hunting and fishing store called Cabela.  It was like a giant Wal-Mart with the redneck in mind.  I kinda liked it.  So finally we came into Seattle to see the show.  It was a good show on most accounts. 

We had a good time.  So we had one last night then headed for home after a wonderful weekend.   

More to come.