Yesterday Miyuki (my awesome girlfriend, who has not yet been mentioned on this blog, because I stopped updating shortly after first meeting her) and I took a trip back to my home town for some touristing.
We began our adventure by ascending to the top of Mt. Erie, in Miyuki's VW Golf. Miyuki was enamored with the view, and so I kissed her a lot. Here's us:
We then made our way to Deception Pass bridge. We strolled around, took pictures, and kissed underneath the bridge. We also took a foot trail down to the beach that runs below the bridge. I mistook a dry stream bed for a path and we ended up with quite the interesting, steep, and dangerous descent. It was all good fun, though. Here's a beautiful shot of Miyuki juxtaposed with the mammothness of the bridge:
Following that, we met with my mom and my grandma at my parents' place. Both of them seemed to like Miyuki, and that's a good thing. We bid them adieu, and took off for some lunch downtown.
It was my intention to dine at Erawan, a Thai place, but when we got there the hostess told us that they'd only be open for another ten minutes. We decided to eat elsewhere, and settled on China Harbor. Valerie, a friend from high school, was working. She's been working there since before graduation. It makes me wonder if she's got plans for anything greater, or if waitressing at a Chinese place is her true calling in life.
After we were done with our meals (lumpia and fried rice for me, an asparagus and garlic beef dish for Miyuki) Valerie informed us that there was a St. Patrick's day parade set to begin shortly, at 3:45. We decided we'd hang out and watch, after we'd purchased a children's book for a Japanese friend of Miyuki's who wants to raise a bilingual child.
The parade was rather uneventful. It consisted mostly of old people in old cars throwing candy at young children. It was still enjoyable, though.
When the parade finished, we took off for Fort Casey. We saw four deer on our way to the lighthouse, and snapped some photos of them. I don't think Miyuki liked the actual fort so much. She was frightened by the dark, and thought the place was perhaps haunted. I snapped an awesome Abu-Ghraib style photo of her in Fort Casey's dungeon-esque interior. Check it out:
We ended our tourism with a trip to West Beach, hoping to catch a beautiful sunset. The weather denied us our sunset, but we did get to see a couple guys trying to surf in the miniscule waves that lap at the shore there. They didn't seem very skilled.
For a photographical account of our tourist excursion,
click here!We ended the day by watching The Empire Strikes Back. Miyuki's never seen the original Star Wars movies, and we just started watching the original trilogy the day before with A New Hope.
This morning, Miyuki and I drove to Seattle so that she could return to Japan for ten days. Miyuki got to experience her first ride on a Washington state ferry.
The silly airport has a silly rule that those who aren't ticket holders may not pass through the security gates. Yet, that seems to be a silly rule. Any potential terrorist could buy a ticket, and anyone who passes through the security checkpoint
ought to be free of weapons. It just leads to silly situations where you have to kiss your girlfriend goodbye nearly an hour before her plane departs.
I miss Miyuki already. Her trip is only for ten days, though, so we'll see each other again soon!
