Monday, August 4, 2008

Man in Skirt and back from vacation (again!)

It seems that we just got back from our Florida vacation and off we went again but this time to the Pacific Northwest. We had a wonderful visit both to Oregon and Washington states! We even made it to the Oregon Coast with the entire family which consisted of 9 children! I believe the adults were officially outnumbered by the little ones.

Can you guess where this photo was taken? Yep, that's a man in a "skirt" and its type used to just be found in Seattle but we hear they can now be seen about town in Portland, OR too. Apparently, a lot of carpenters like to wear these "Utilikilts" because of the good airflow! LOL!



And what kind of animal leaves these type of footprints? I believe they call her "Rosie" and the famous pig can be found in front of the fresh fish store where they throw fish around when someone buys a piece of fish.



Look at this beauty! When kids got too close to it, the fish monger behind the counter made it move. Can you guess what it is?




And here's my family at Pike Place Market. Love that place! We lived downtown Seattle for 2 months and we went to the market everyday to buy fresh produce. We even got to visit my favorite bakery: The Three Girls bakery!



Here's the view from our house when we used to live in Seattle:

That cruise ship above was one my parents were on when they were on their way to Alaska!


That is the Puget Sound where you can see lots of Islands, cruise ships, ferry boats, Navy ships, barges, sailboats and once, we even saw a bunch of Orca whales!


Now here's our view from our house in California:



No comparison!

More vacation photos tomorrow. Hope you all had a Happy Monday!

2 comments:

Holly {ha! designs} said...

Great photos Gigi! Sounds like you had a wonderful trip! I have to say I like the view of the kids in the California photo though! :)

I'm glad you're home AND that you had a lovely time...

Dizzy Broad said...

I agree, Holly - I much prefer the backyard view with the kids!! LOL!