Friends & Family.  Family & Friends.  Enemies & Bastard Children (of which I hope there are not too many).  Welcome to the 3rd edition of the TBD-part series of my travel blogs:  "The Pacific Northwest - Way better than the Atlantic Southeast."  
Since we last spoke, a number of momentous occasions have occurred in my life:  
1.  I have abandoned the carefree life of a Freelance Healthcare Consultant, and replaced my source of sustenance with another, equally-difficult-to-explain, occupation:  Supply Chain Healthcare Consultant.  Life is still carefree, yet this time around, I now have health insurance and paid vacation.  O-ba-ma!  O-ba-ma!  O-ba-ma!  
2.  My travel blogs officially now have a companion.  Her name is Julie.  She likes long walks on the beach, sunsets, and crocheting the #$*! out of anything made of wool.  Blankets and socks beware... also beware, your eyes.  Her "finger pointy dance" is known around Austin as a force to be reckoned with.  
3.  My knowledge of the English language has been severely altered through the recent discovery of  "single-sentence-spacing."  Crap.  A load.  Of.  Crap.  What is worse, any attempt to utilize Old Faithful double-sentence-spacing is auto-corrected by Blogger.com.  Damn you The Man!  For an incomprehensible description of this phenomenom, feel free to corouse my favorite source of sources:  Wikipedia's History of Sentence Spacing
4.  I have departed from the world of Facebook.  Yes, you heard me.  I am officially off the grid (ignoring, of course, this more-than-googleable blog).  I like this.  Poke me.  Tag me.  My birthday is 5/19/82.  I expect 99% less birthday wishes next year.  
Now that we have caught up, I welcome you to a substantially shorter, yet no less entertaining travel blog of our 2 week journey to the land of mist and mountains - The Pacific Northwest.  
Enjoy!
