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Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Day - Whidbey Island Scenic Tour

Yesterday Ben and I took another scenic drive through Whidbey Island... this time we let Yogi tag along and focused on dog-friendly events!

First, a nice short trip on the Mukilteo-Clinton Ferry followed with with some Whidbey Island coffee!

Next we hit up Patmore Pit Dog park, a 40 acre park with trails and woods. http://www.fetchparks.org/patmore.html

Afterwards we ventured over to Ft. Ebey and took 4 miles of trails to successfully tire Yogi and ourselves out! Pictures below :)

We finished the trip by continuing north through Deception Pass and Mt. Vernon.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

My new bike!!

On Saturday I went out with Ben in search of a reasonably priced new or used bike that I could go on the road and other such paved trails!!

We went to Recycled Cycles and Montlake Bike, two really great, totally different selections... after riding a few bikes we really fell in love with the Kona at Recycled Cycles!

It's been seriously over 6 years since I legit rode a bicycle. When I first took the bike for a test ride I tried to pedal backwards to engage the break. yea exactly... I know.

turns out real bikes have handle breaks :)

"I'm here to pick up my bike"

"Which bike was yours?"

"ehh, red"

Friday, April 15, 2011

Ahh beautiful greenlake!

Message sent from phone.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Region J Conference Recap!

This past weekend I spent another inspiring, information packed adventure with amazing women engineers!

This year, the regional conference was held in Corvallis, OR - home of Oregon State University. There are ten regions under the national umbrella and each region has a handful of professional and collegiate sections.

Before I made it to glorious Corvallis, stopped in Portland to try some fried pies. OH! it was so worth it! I got a delish Chicken Pot Pie (I'll see you soon Whiffies)

And Here are some pictures of the OSU campus. so pretty!!!

Also, this marked my presentation debut! I gave the SWE Membership presentation and opened up the dialog for best practices, idea sharing, and help needed.