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On this day, we had a quick breakfast at McDonalds. Funny to see that there is a “Canadian Idol” ad on the walls of the restaurant. We took the ferry across to Victoria. Endured a 1 hour ride into town and walked all over the place. Almost got stranded there due to a bomb threat on the way back. Luckily they loaded everyone in a huge cruise ship and we made it back ok.
Some pictures of our journey up to Canada for the first time ever for everyone. We made it into Vancouver and took a tour around the city. Vancouver like many city seemed to be sprawling with people this weekend.
We spent the entire day in downtown Seattle. First we visited Pike Place Market. Pretty cool place. The highlight was the famous fish tossing stand. We also got to peruse the underground shops below Pike Place Market. We then had lunch at the restaurant near the Waterfront. I forget which one but it was ok. Nothing spectacular. After lunch we went to see the first ever Starbucks coffee shop in Pike Place Market. We then made our way to the Space Needle. We didn’t go up the needle but instead took the “Duck Tours”.
Here’s the 5th day of our vacation. We spent our morning walking around downtown Portland. Like Los Angeles, Portland wasn’t crowded and it didn’t seem like it was the primary hub of the area. We cruised over to the International Rose Test Garden. We perused the rows and rows of roses and admired the view at the garden. When lunch came, we headed over to the Nike Campus in Beaverton to see Lori for the last time. She gave us an awesome tour of the campus. We bid farewell and went on our way to Mt. Hood. It was a beautiful drive to the base of the mountain. Still had some snow on the mountain. We then headed over to the Hood River and eventually made it across to Washington.
Leaving Eureka and heading up to Oregon. We passed by the Redwood Forest. Stopped by and looked at Paul Bunyan and Babe the Ox at the Trees of Mystery in Klamath, California. We eventually crossed the Oregon border and ended up driving to Beaverton, Oregon.
Also, I want to say that I have really good friends. People who came out to join me in celebrating my 31st birthday this weekend. We all had a great time at The Crab Pot and The Boiling Crab (yes back-to-back shell fish restaurants). Thanks for the delicious meal and the gifts (even though I said no gifts). My birthday was exactly how I liked it, low-key with good company.
Our trip continued through San Franciso. We ate a a damn good place that made awesome breakfast omelettes and crepes. After that we took our travels up through Willits and Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt State Park. Highlights included Confusion Hill and driving our car through a redwood tree. We finally reached our stop in Eureka, California.
Our day in the MotoGP and AMA races at Laguna Seca. We went from driving into Monterey, California to the end of the big race.
Some pictures of us on the road. We briefly stopped off at Santa Barbara (first 2 pictures). Then we had dinner at the Apple Farm Inn at San Luis Obispo. Marie and San was enjoying their dessert and was poking fun at my “boring” ice cream. The last picture was our room in King City, California.
We made it back to LA last night. It was quick 2 hour flight. I slept most of the way in. We finally made it back to Marie’s place and we did some post-vacation administrative tasks. I still need to go home and wash my clothes and clear out some of the receipts from my trip. Who would’ve thought that vacationing is such hard work. I was exhausted last night and slept in till 11:30 this morning. We finally have pictures all uploaded on to my machine. I’ll have to process them and pick and choose which ones to upload here. Stay tuned for that. I do not want to go back to work. Looking at the messages coming in and out of my BB, it isn’t going to be a fun week. 
I’m onboard a ferry from Vancouver to Victoria. It’s suppose to be an hour and half boat ride. We decided to leave the car here and go on foot and public transportation over at Victoria.
We arrived in British Columbia yesterday. Took the “Big Bus” tour around the city. The city seems more busier than any of the other cities we’ve been. There seems to be more asians up here. From Chinese to Vietnamese. My sister noticed that there were 2 types of people: tourists and the Canadians who hate the tourists. Needless to say, she’s not liking it. Me on the other hand can see myself living here. Of course I don’t have any issues living anywhere. Except places of high humidity and heat. I must digress.
Canadian money is interesting. San still don’t know how to use it. I think I got a good understanding. It’s basically like American money except that dollars are in coin and they have $2 coins are also used.
Alright, were well on our way to Victoria! I’ll write more when the chance presents itself.
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