Light Rail Ride to Emerald City Comicon 2018

In what's quickly become a tradition for the members of the 501st Legion, public transportation was used to get to ECCC 2018. New for this year were the newspapers that were made and sold to raise funds for the True Colors Fund, a nonprofit formed to help end homelessness among LGBTQ youth. #badguysdoinggood

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Blue Angels over Seattle

A record-breaking dry summer in the northwest is fueling fires from Northern California to Canada, with smoke incessantly hovering over Seattle many other areas. The Blue Angels, however, were not deterred and made their annual appearance for Seafair. Here's a few from a smoky West Seattle vantage point.

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Visiting the Olympic Peninsula with Sander Rodenhuis

Last week I met up with Sander Rodenhuis who was exploring the United States for the first time, beginning in New York and moving westward over a couple of months. Born and living in The Netherlands, he was certainly amazed at the contrast in cultures, as evidenced by our visiting of a Walmart in Aberdeen and his excitement when seeing a wall of Budweiser branded socks. He purchased a quite a few pairs and a grip of 4th of July beer koozies that proudly displayed a bald eagle, US flag, and the slogan "BEER ME!" (OK — I'll admit I purchased a pair of socks, too.)

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Photos from the Nisqually National Wildlife Preserve

The Nisqually National Wildlife Preserve is Washington's largest relatively undisturbed estuary. This unique feature brings a lot of different wildlife together in one area, and provides a very interesting contrast to the mountains and forests commonly thought of when referring to the Pacific Northwest. We even saw a bald eagle.