lovelightleadsme: san francisco to seattle

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

and then it was time for me to head north on a solo trip to visit friends in the pacific northwest. i drove from san francisco to seattle and it was really really beautiful!! the california coast especially is amazing! the landscape changes dramatically as one proceeds up the coastline.

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 house

i 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