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The Museum of Glass in Tacoma (lots of Chihuly work - this is a glass bridge by him)
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Lots of trains too
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Tacoma's Union Station now also a US Federal Courthouse - here Brad gives the building a thumbs up
Union
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Pretty Chihuly glass on the bridge o' glass
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Brad sets the gorillapod on the bridge o' glass
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And runs with the timer on
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The interstate runs right under the bridge of glass (although it would be neater if it really WAS a bridge of glass
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Giant cone-like structure on the museum o' glass
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More bridge glass (these were in small compartments)
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Along the back of the museum there were various sculptures and pools (you shouldn't throw coins into those)
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Alison and Joshua descend along the ramp build just for this purpose!
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Glass (?) birds reflecting in a pool
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Them are ducks
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Wow...electronically armed and monitored...lets just leave the area now so we don't get killed...
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There were a series of cylinders with water running down and glass/metal coverings with which I made Brad pose
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Daniel walks back up along a stairway with cone in the background
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Brad and Steve (of Melissa and Steve who were also visiting Seattle)
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Majestic cone in blue
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More glass on da bridge
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...electronically armed and monitored still...Daniel and Alison chat
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Reflections from the glass covering the celing holding glass pieces above it on the bridge of glass (this photo
shot using glass lenses)
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I thought the past was the past...so confusing...
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Happy tourists walking down the big hill towards the bridge/museum - Tacoma is quite hilly
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Random Ram
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Brad, Daniel, myself, Melissa, and Steve departed to visit that darned Mountain in all the photos above -
Mount Rainier
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Barren wasteland...no wait that's just the stream/runoff from the mountain
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As always pretty woods in WA
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Steve has an encounter with some higher power
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Be careful little people - it's not safe to be down there!
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Steve and Melissa (our friends from Indianapolis)
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Brad illustrates the tree
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Fern illustrates the tree
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Melissa and Daniel
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Mountain and stream
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I think Brad was bored so he tried to sacrifice his old camera to fate and failed
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Nice stream and mountain scene
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I was reluctant to cross the smaller streams but to get a shot of the mountain one had to travel further so the risk I did take!
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Jay, Daniel, Melissa, Steve, and Brad with Mt. Rainier
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Daniel crosses the perilous log to get to the streambed
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Good thing he left his shoes behind
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Cell...phone...must...capture...majestic...scenery....no signal...
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Melissa and Steve with the mountain
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People look down (on Christine Falls I think) at Mt. Rainier National Park
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Our federal government is keeping a bucket or rusty nails around just in case anybody gets out of line...
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Tiny side-fall
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Steve and Melissa in front of Christine Falls I believe
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Nicotine falls...so sad people throw trash everywhere!
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Daniel and Melissa hiking back up the trail parallel to the falls - a bit wet!
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Celebrating their hike completion
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Trail from above
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Brad used his old Canon Powershot G10 (bleagh!)
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Time for lunch - this squirrel had the right idea!
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Fine organic produce from Pike Place Market
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After lunch activities include paddy-cake!
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We reached the visitor's center and went on a hike to...another waterfall!
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Silly people using the markers as walking sticks...people will be off trail forever now!
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There was snow even in early July (and a lot of it) but it had melted significantly as you could tell from the dirt/residue
on the top
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National Park Service mini-flag
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The waterfall...
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It's so sad you never see any gay couple graffiti - maybe Mike and Sam were boyfriends
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Water flows down hill
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Long exposure waterfall and tree limb
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This was about the only part of the trail that WASN'T covered by snow (imagine that fun drop off to the left without a nice trail...whee)
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Very nice (and new) visitor's center
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How did I miss seeing all these LEDs embedded in the side of the mountain?
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Rainier's Angels
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It's a mini - where is Austin Powers hiding?
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Then back down the mountain again
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