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Well the Family and I have returned from our Disney cruise to Alaska. We drove to Vancouver, BC with a few stops in between, like Crater Lake where the snow is still 8' high. We had some time in downtown Seattle, while the Gay pride parade was going on... We cut our time short there as there was too much to explain to my sons on why the men had their "Butts hanging out" and why the girls were covering their boobs with tape x's... Then there was the topics of discussion being shouted from the floats... Pikes market was good, but packed with people. It was clear and warm, with great views from the Space needle. Vancover BC is a clean, beautiful city, I wish we had more than half a day to explore it... Our ports of call were Skagway, Juneau, and Ketkitcan on the Disney ship the "Wonder". We had family from Florida on the cruise and the kids just did their thing while we parents relaxed... There was alot of food, probably the thing I hate most about cruises. Especially, when the soft serve machine is always open for business! The weather in AK was cool, mid 50's with light rain. We did see alot of the country and history of each area and I stayed away from the tourist shops... There was a full service Ace Hardware store (Guns, ammo, fishing, hunting) in Skagway who's motto was: If we do not have it then you do not need it". I have seen more than my share of Disney movies and cartoons for a while. The seven days on ship went far too quick...
While we had cool weather driving up, it was very warm driving home. It seems that summer has arrived on the West coast... I got to stop in Tacoma, WA and visit Griots garage and I made a few purchases... We spent the night in Medford OR, so the next morning I paid a visit to Tom's Bronco parts for the nickle tour. I got to look over some of their products and talked with Jake and Garrett for quite some time. We kicked a few tires on the Bronco's out front, including Garrett's 72 Luber. And after about 1.5 hrs, I figured I should get back to the Hotel and Garrett probably needed to get back to work. So with all my purchases loaded (including a couple of free shirts, a new hood, a side mirror, and a new windshield) we headed home, with one small over night stop at Clear Lake to visit family.
We were gone 15 days, put over 2500 miles on the 02 Super duty (which ran perfectly) It was one of those Family trips that we will always be able to talk about...
Thanks to Jake and Garrett for spending the time with a fellow Bronco nut and answering all my questions about their products, the business, and the area.
Doug
While we had cool weather driving up, it was very warm driving home. It seems that summer has arrived on the West coast... I got to stop in Tacoma, WA and visit Griots garage and I made a few purchases... We spent the night in Medford OR, so the next morning I paid a visit to Tom's Bronco parts for the nickle tour. I got to look over some of their products and talked with Jake and Garrett for quite some time. We kicked a few tires on the Bronco's out front, including Garrett's 72 Luber. And after about 1.5 hrs, I figured I should get back to the Hotel and Garrett probably needed to get back to work. So with all my purchases loaded (including a couple of free shirts, a new hood, a side mirror, and a new windshield) we headed home, with one small over night stop at Clear Lake to visit family.
We were gone 15 days, put over 2500 miles on the 02 Super duty (which ran perfectly) It was one of those Family trips that we will always be able to talk about...
Thanks to Jake and Garrett for spending the time with a fellow Bronco nut and answering all my questions about their products, the business, and the area.
Doug
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