Skagit Valley Tulip Festival with Hong, April 12, 2008

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival with Hong, April 12, 2008

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Saturday, April 5
Tamarind Tree Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant with Hong...

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Tuesday, April 8
At Redmond Town Center. About this rainbow...

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Wednesday, April 9
Leather & beads... by Min...

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Thursday, April 10
Ed's Surplus in Lynnwood, Washington. I picked up a nice geologist's hammer. I have always been fond of army-navy stores...

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Friday, April 11
Bellevue... Crossroads Stage... good traditional country music...

Saturday, April 12 - The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival - with Hong Hoa...

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After fetching Hong in Renton we proceeded north on the 405 and then I-5... through Everett, Washington (pictured here)...

Continuing north to Skagit County...

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The Alpaca farm beside I-5 and distant Mount Baker...

A cold Spring delayed the tulip blooms, but it didn't really matter...

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It's hard to imagine a nicer lady than my friend Hong Hoa...

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We spent the late afternoon in La Conner, WA

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Leaving Skagit County...

Friday, April 18

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156th Ave in Bellevue... the approach to Crossroads... on a fine Spring evening...

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Crossroads Stage... gypsy music and a beautiful Petosa accordion...

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Saturday, April 19
At Bridle Trails, in Bellevue. In the first shot I'm standing at the entrance of the old Bally gym. The 2nd and 3rd shots are from around Starbucks. Another fine Spring day...

Sunday, April 20
Crossroads... a harp band...

Monday, April 21

I had some business in downtown Bellevue...

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Tuesday, April 22
Some buckets...

Saturday, April 26

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Boeing, in Everett...

Mukilteo, on Puget Sound, north of Seattle...

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Sunday, April 27
Looks like they only had about 11 left...

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Monday, April 28
Downtown Seattle...