after burning man i was in the bay area for about a week or so spending time with the twins and with rose and tanyn and mom. i hung out with my oldest sister and her family and i had a fun evening with my step father david. san francisco is a very vibrant and alive town and i enjoyed my time there. i attended a fun event called ''critical ass'' that a friend of the twins organizes which was silly and fun. people get together and do aerobics in the park to 80's music wearing bright spandex. it was great!! i also was invited to the symphony which was amazing!!
the city
the korican-barlay family
ma and niece ava
dancing with papa david
the bay bridge
critical ass 
the twins
tanyn and rose
fun in the sun
the castro
the symphony 
hanging with rose and mom
the redwoods
taking a break
oh the beauty
the beach is in sight
aahh
the pacific ocean
is mighty
a bubble in the water
a friend on the sand
along the road
wise old trees
feeling the peace
feeling the magic
the burn
jumped in right here
shadow driving
the first stop was in eugene, oregon where i visited with two of my older sisters. nina and her boyfriend dolfi have a house in eugene and miriam and her family were there for a football game so we all got to hang out together. it was tons of fun! i spent the night at my dear friends house, aaron and meg and their sweet daughter sofie.
sisters
all together
nina and i
the clark family
meg and aaron
sweet sofie
then i drove up to portland and hopped into my dear freiends goeff and sophia's car and we drove up to the beautiful mt.hood. sophia and i took a nice hike while goeff and his buddy hiked way up to the snow fields so they could ski down. it was a lovely day on the mountain!
the way up
looking out 
alpine view
at the lodge
sun set on the peak
the view
i spent the night at goeff and sophia's and in the morning i went for breakfast at my friend molly's house. i love all the reconnecting with dear people from my past.
molly and me
and then i drove up to olympia to connect with my beautiful friend tisha who lives in hawaii now. we had one day to spend time together in olympia. it was a sweet day!
priest point park
tisha and i
the cave
tisha the beautiful
priest point park
bud inlet
it was wonderful to be in my home town olympia. it is the same as it was 20 years ago when i lived here. it is beautiful and peaceful and has that small home town feeling. there are many dear friends who are either still here or have moved back which is great because i have many friends to visit and many wonderful memories of this place. i spent one night under the trees at our old home stead, kindermeadow, which was very lovely and memorable.
the may pole in the meadow
under the trees
the housei saw my good friend sean play a rock show a the mc coys tavern which was awesome! hanging out with my buddies from high school is always a blast!
mc coys tavern
my buddies
mosquito hawk
the cute mccoy boys
state capitol
childhood's end
the harbor kissers
4th ave
i had a wonderful visit with the renyolds family. got a ride with bill on his harley and hung out with little cooper the bug collector.
bill and i
cooper and cheryl
the renyolds family
keri and me
cooper with bugs
and i made it up to seattle and spent some wonderful time with my dear friend kelly and her family. saw some some fun friends from acting school days and took some walks around the beautiful seattle area.
it has been a wonderful start to my 6 week visit in the pacific northwest and i am happy to be here!!
seattle night art
space needle and church
kelly and tony
seattle by night
the ever green trees
kelly and i 
the emerald city in the mist
seward park
kelly and christina
friends for ever
silly girls
viviana and me
the adorable viviana pearl