Another Busy Weekend
We had another busy weekend for the Arthurs. We didn’t travel far but seemed to move around a lot…trip to REI, trip to the grocery store, running, walk to coffee, morning trip to Seward Park, lunch in downtown, trip to pickup firewood, trial setup of our new tent, walk the dog, clean, and cook…it all adds up.
Before I forget, here is a picture from Zach’s birthday party that Steph took.
Rare moment on film where they are together.
While I was picking up firewood, I was able to take a quick shot of this racoon. He wouldn’t look down since he was sleeping. Jim kept throwing wood in the vicinity (absolutely far enough away to not even come close to hitting it) and finally the lil guy popped his head up.
Raccoon in the tree.
Zach at Seward Park
Looking over Lake Washington at Seward Park
Smith Tower in downtown Seattle (we ate just up the street at Collins Pub).
Now onto the tent…the thing is huge. We bought the Kelty Green River 6. It has floor space of 13.5′ by 9′ and an 80 square foot vestibule. Center height is around 6 and a half feet. I was able to get a good portion of it setup on my own but definitely needed help to move it and setup the rain fly. It is a sweet palace. We are going away for one night of camping next weekend - the first camping night with the boys - it could be interesting.
Today we cruised around a small portion of Seward Park along Lake Washington. Wow, what a beautiful park. It is amazingly untouched with beautiful forests and paths throughout. I definitely want to head back and go running around there.
A quick comment about the firewood - Jim, friend of mine in Sammammish, lost some trees in the December 2006 wind storm. He had cut up the trees into largish chunks last year and he has been splitting the wood over the last month - so I was able to pick up some (probably a fifth of a cord)…I agreed to pay $1.18 per cubic foot (don’t ask).
And now for one really annoying item. As some of you know, Steph was at Whistler in early May for a conference. Steph has an iPhone. These two facts can really f*ck you over if you don’t turn off the data part of the iPhone. We got dinged for $650 of data transfer fees…basically any email she downloaded on the phone incurred huge fees. For example, one data transfer session for 6.2 MB (this could be one email with a largish photo) cost $94! AT&T, those stealing bastards. That’s ridiculous. They have one page buried on their website that I found that discusses this. I’ll be honest, even if I looked before she left, I may have not found it. I need to call them, although, I’m sure it will just piss me off and I’ll get no where.