Seattle

Cole Speaking: We went to Seattle today and visited Pike's Place. We saw all the many vendors and street performers. We also saw The First Starbucks, and the fish market. At the fish market the men working there yell and scream and throw large fish around. It was really cool and very impressive I might add. We stopped and watch a store that makes cheese. They had a large bowl, small swimming pool full of cheese, spinning and spinning and spinning. We got some amazing macaroni and shopped around at all the shops. (check back for more pictures) Signing out

A Return to Belligham feat. Captain Nick

Cole here: We made it back to Bellingham and spent the night on Martyn's boat ~ thanks again Martyn . . . who is in San Diego. I'm not too sure giving us the combination to unlock the boat was really the smartest thing. I feel like we know Bellingham now. We met up with Nick again and spent the day walking around Fairhaven . . . great place. Nick, Jacquelyn, and I went down to a beach and climbed on rocks and made an awesome Drift wood house.

After that we went cliff jumping. Nick grabbed a camera and video tapped me doing a double back flip off. It was so much fun and was amazing to watch.

Nick was a Great Host and really invited us into his apartment. He told us great stories and brought us out to skate, climb, hike, and jump. Thank you Nick

The N

Cole Speaking, As some know i will soon be joining you all on the road so I've been interested in the rules and procedures of getting your license. So here in Canada to get your license for the first year you must have an adult in you car and have a L sticker on your car that stands for learner. Then you get a N for novice the next year. So this year when we've been driving around everywhere i've been seeing big green N stickers on the back of cars. Its kind of obvious too because they haven't been the best drivers. 1 of them i saw was smashed in an accident and another one was swerving around and struggling. It's interesting and slightly funny how people see the N and kind of shun that car so its isolated from others. I think its interesting how Canada does that - thanks Nancy for giving us the heads up on that one, we spot them everywhere. Signing out

The Drive

Cole Speaking, Going through Canada has been breathtaking. We have had amazing scenic stretches of road and I have been captivated starring out the tinted window in the back seat. The glare of my beading eyes on the window but on the other side of the window are tall towering waterfalls, large lakes surrounded by tall jagged mountains, mountains peppered with trees, and summits still coated with snow. And right in the middle of it all is a small 2 lane road with large logging trucks and RV's flying through at top speed, often other tourists from the states like us. Flying by as at these incredible speeds, it makes me think... Do they notice that it says 100 kilometers per hour not miles. Because 100 kilometers is only 63 miles per hour.

(Post road photo tonight so don't forget to check back in)

On the road we traveled yesterday we saw a train traveling on our side we drove as the train weaved in and around our road. I looked over and ding I think. "What if We Used The Air Horn Sign On The Train?" Jacquelyn Quickly signs on to this idea. We both roll down the windows and go for it. Starring at the man running the train we see him begin to crack up laughing and reach over and TOOO TOOOO! (thats the best train noise i can make so no complaining if you have a better one than let me know) We die laughing in shock of our success. "YESSS" we scream and roll down the window to give the man a large thumbs up. It was a high point of my trip so far. Signing out

Up North

Cole Speaking: Today we headed even farther up north. After a refreshing clean sleep at our hotel we woke up ate some breakfast and took off. Driving on the 5 we have seen a recurring billboard and I don't care who you are when you see a billboard that many times you almost feel like you have to stop. So we stopped at Oregon's Wildlife Safari. This was a drive through version of the wild animal park. The animals are in a very large area where they can walk up to the cars and explore our synthetic environment. We saw giraffes, buffalo, elephants, llamas, and many more.

It was such a fun experience for us to be up and close to the animals watching them looking at us curiously, watching giraffes run which in itself is really fun to watch, and watching running herds of cantaloupes oh oops i mean antelopes

We Finished up by driving a long solid drive up almost to Seattle to stay for the night. Don't Forget to follow us...

Early Morning Start

Cole Writing, So this morning we woke up dark and early to launch off on the adventure of a lifetime. It's pretty hard to be in a good mood when its 3:55 in the morning. I'm actually more annoyed looking at my alarm a'clock blaring Bob Marley into my once quite room. I looked over and said "great look what i got myself into". Who's idea it always is to get up this early I still don't know but i swear we slowly get up earlier and earlier every year. but that is a separate story I'm not going to get into right now. So we have left the house and we are now off to I'm not telling you where. Expect another post when we settle in tonight.

We were thinking about changing the trip up...
But that might not work out so well judging on the fact none of us can drive. Keep following us

Packin'

Hello, Fellow viewers. it's Cole and yes it's been a year. So sit down, get some coffee, and prepare yourself for another year of "The Roadtrip Adventures" where we're going:

confidential who is on board: me, Jacquelyn, and Mom. What will happen: Currently unavailable. So this last week we have discussed and planned and most of all Packed for this trip. And when i say Packed i mean PACKED!

Some of the things we have packed includes: pillows, air mattress, maps, GPS, clothes, DVD, kitchen utensils, FOOD, a fan, batteries, car activities, blankets, cameras, iPods, mobile devices, and some small animals here and there. We take all of these items and place them in the ever so incredible amazing MINI VAN! Even though we don't have a Honda this video is a perfect example of our roadtrips.

So the trip will begin shortly, buckle up lean back and prepare for turbulence and remember your seat can be used as a flotation device. Don't forget to follow us......