Seattle!

I headed to Seattle for some work and some play. I got up early Saturday morning, about 4:30 AM. Direct flight from Missoula to Seattle, so I arrived in Seattle about 7:30 AM. It was a quick, uncomplicated flight yet the airlines managed to lose my luggage for about one hour. I picked up the rental car and went straight to the office and did some work for a few hours. I then headed to my favorite cousin's house, Tasha and Donal (and Realta, of course).

Donal baked some Irish bread while we visited with his friend and Realta's Godfather, Roger, and his little girl, Gracie. Nice guy original from Ireland. Tasha cooked a great dinner for us. She actually knows her way around a kitchen...who knew?

Both Donal and Tasha look great. They have both lost a lot of weight. Donal has been suffering with dizziness too and having a hell of a time trying to diagnose it, etc. It's so freaky. It's like a dizzy epidemic. It seems like so many people are fighting it lately. He has cut almost all salt out of his diet and the pounds have been melting off. Hmmmm...might have to try that.

Aunt Joyce called while I was at their house and got to chat with her for a few minutes. It was good to talk with her.

My dizziness is still there. I felt pretty good today. I'm using the Seattle trip as an experiment to see if it disappears away from Missoula/house, etc. But doesn't seem to, which is good news maybe.

We watched my Europe DVD and watched slideshows of their trip to Ireland and Venice. I'd love to travel with them someday. I reinstalled Windows on Realta's laptop. She's a great kid. I'm glad I got a chance to interact with her more this trip. I ripped a few DVDs of theirs. I showed Donal how to download using torrent. Spread the Pirate!!!

Tasha, Donal and I got up about 8:00. After a huge breakfast by Donal, we headed off for a hike. We ended up hiking up to Wallace Falls. It was about a 5 1/2 miles round trip with some fairly steep terrain. But we made good time and had a lot of fun. See Donal speaking gibberish at the falls. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=46620400

I was invited to stay overnight again at Tasha and Donals but thought it would be easier to stay at the Roosevelt Hotel, across the street from the office. I need to get up early and get to the office.