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Things did NOT go as expected over Mem'l Day weekend, but I had a fine time, nonetheless. I'm back at the Hive now, after flying down from SEA this morning. I took the train up last Thursday. Friday we3 (the Amazing

lightfoote aka ALF, Her Wildness the

wildwoosi aka WW, and I) drove to Kenmore Int'l Airport (!) to start our (mine & WW's) long-awaited b-day gift to ALF (a float-plane ride/trip). We3 took the float-plane over to Seattle (w/ALF in co-pilot's seat, heeding the pilot's admonitions not to step on the pedals, but then things stalled. The weather was wet and gray and it was unclear whether we'd be able to make it the next leg of our journey, from Seattle to Victoria, B.C. on seaplane.

Several hours later, after becoming intimately acquainted w/the tiny terminal and chit-chatting nicely w/various other travelers, after second breakfasting on the available cuisine (Starbucks next door), after seeing one scout plane take off and return again w/bad news and hearing that t'other one was still trying to get back, while the pilots &c. were meeting to decide what to say/do next, and after weighing various options (involving far longer & more complicated travels then we ultimately had), we decided to bail, snagging 3 of the remaining 5 seats on the day's final remaining Victoria Clipper sailing (passenger ferry to Victoria).

Luckily ALF knows Seattle pretty well, so we walked and bused over to Pike's Place for a numbly lunch before continuing on to the ferry terminal. Of course, when we were nearly to Victoria, we started seeing Kenmore Air float-planes flying overhead. Ah, well...at least we made it w/less stress than we would've had otherwise...and had a good time chatting w/our table-mates on the way over (w/good reco's for other things to do in and around Victoria next time).

We3 curtailed our plans b'c ALF ended up feeling way under the weather. Still, we3 had a fine time at dinner at The Reef on Fri and at breakfast at Mole on Sun, and WW & I enjoyed wandering around town on Sat. We scored an earlier flight back on Sun so had plenty of time to rest up for Mem'l Day's afternoon activities.

Clickie for Pickies & More Info from our Mem'l Day Weekend's Adventures, including pics of the wedding of

vismaya_viewer &

stinkys_nunzio in the CopperMoon Labyrinth of Love yesterday (Mem'l Day), followed by the sun's appearance and a nice Maypole dance and feast of yumminess. (I'll cross-post at least some of these to FB.)

This all just means we'll do another Victoria trip sometime in the future!