Trip To North Carolina - Davis Family Visit, October 4-6, 2009
  
 
My oldest friend, Pete Davis, lost his father on October 2, 2009. I've known Pete and his family since the Cub Scouting days of 1966, and Mr. Davis was a towering figure in my life. I made hasty arrangements and booked a flight to Charlotte to pay my respects to that fine family...
 
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In Bellevue... sushi dinner with Ai-chan a day before the trip...
 
Saturday, October 4
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_03.JPG (378438 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_04.JPG (301346 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_05.JPG (283940 bytes) First leg - Seattle to Minnesota. Over the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle, and somewhere over the Dakotas...t
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_06.JPG (275025 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_07.JPG (352914 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_08.JPG (237135 bytes) Minneapolis-St. Paul airport...
 
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nc_trip_oct-2009_13.JPG (206203 bytes) The Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_14.JPG (481918 bytes) Approaching Charlotte...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_15.JPG (329014 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_16.JPG (251784 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_17.JPG (354849 bytes) Over the Mountain Island Lake section of Charlotte...
 
Landing in Charlotte...
 
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nc_trip_oct-2009_22.JPG (365068 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_23.JPG (230005 bytes) The obligatory Charlotte airport shot...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_24.JPG (457649 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_25.JPG (362780 bytes) At Mountain island lake with Sister Jan's family...
 
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_26.JPG (382804 bytes) Visiting the Davis family. Heather, Pete, Erin, Mark, and Frances Davis...
 
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Back on December 3, 2006, during the time that I was on a 10 month stay in Charlotte to be with my Mother during her last months, Mr. and Mrs. Davis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary - click here...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_28.JPG (247945 bytes) Before heading back across Charlotte to Mountain Island Lake, I drove by Mother's old Strawberry Hill apartment... where so much happened between 2004 and 2007...
 
Monday, October 5
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_29.JPG (515826 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_30.JPG (415637 bytes) When I visit Sharon Memorial Park, I sight Mother's and Father's final resting place by drawing a bead form the "Sagajawea" headstone by the driveway...
 
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nc_trip_oct-2009_33.JPG (328682 bytes) At Mountain Island Lake with Sister Jan's family, Brother Brian's crew, and Smithers...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_34.JPG (325319 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_35.JPG (276575 bytes) My friend Christie stopped in for a visit at Mountain Island Lake...
 
Tuesday, October 6
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_36.JPG (353207 bytes) The Halloween season was approaching, so Sister Jan put something on the table to scare me when I arose well before dawn for the flight back to Seattle...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_37.JPG (344045 bytes) The obligatory Charlotte airport shot...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_38.JPG (295882 bytes) Over the frozen mid-west...
 
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Over the Grand Coulee... eastern Washington State...
 
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The Cascade Mountains...
 
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nc_trip_oct-2009_52.JPG (453272 bytes) From close to far - Redmond, Kirkland, Lake Washington, north Seattle, Puget Sound, Hood Canal, and the Olympic Mountains...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_53.JPG (531224 bytes) Redmond, and the Microsoft campus... Studio-C, my workplace...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_54.JPG (420792 bytes) nc_trip_oct-2009_55.JPG (526654 bytes) In the first shot, Bellevue, with Seattle beyond. 2nd shot - Bellevue...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_56.JPG (449693 bytes) Seattle...
 
nc_trip_oct-2009_57.JPG (298737 bytes) The Tacoma Narrows Bridge...
 
Down to Sea-Tac...
 
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nc_trip_oct-2009_62.JPG (285061 bytes) Back at SeaTacPark.com...