Monday, December 8, 2008

College 101: Random Road Trips

So this past weekend my friend Stephen, a fellow FFA State Officer, and I decided to take off to Seattle for the weekend to get away and have some fun (while working on a little FFA stuff if we were to get the chance). We took of Friday after our last class, went and stayed with some of his relatives, and got back around midnight on Sunday night. Check out some of our adventures!

First off, the Ferry:

Second, we have Idaho kids in the BIG CITY:
See that lit up sign in the background? After further inspection we realized what that was....
WHAT THE DEVIL!?!?! YOU DON'T FIND THAT IN MENAN!
Finally, our sushi experiment:
(this may have needed a post of it's own! haha!)
I have Uncle Brian and Aunt Kathi to thank for this delightful opportunity at Sushi Land in Renton. Oh what an adventure.... Here goes the first bite of... who knows what!?!

As you can likely guess... whatever that was that we put in our mouths was... interesting to say the least. Somehow Stephen managed to swallow it quickly (maybe whole!?) But a good 5 minutes later this was still me....
Lets just say that was really really really chewy!!!
Here is me, failing at using chopsticks, so I used my fingers to place the sushi on the chopsticks... I'm a white girl (one of the four white people, and the only blonde in the entire restaurant not to mention) who was raised on a cattle ranch people!!! So you can just cut me some slack!
This dish was better consumed without viewing...
Oh and Aunt Kathi... she's not a fan of sushi....


Overall, it was a great weekend! If only I had pictures of me driving and freaking out in 5 or 6 lanes of traffic, Stephen attempting to calm me down while giving directions and figuring out the map, us eating Tai food the night previous our sushi dinner, our reaction to a 9 story Macy's department store, us finding the ferries, and Pikes Place Market. But after this little trip, it got me thinking... taking off on random road trips is a pretty good idea.... next trip NEW YORK CITY!!!! (ha ha... I wish...)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are a brave soul to try sushi! I love the pictures of your face!

Kara said...

you crack me up!! Looks like life is treating you good! The other night your family came over for dinner group and Wy thought for a while and said is Larla coming? They love larla!!

Mike and Kim said...

Hey cutie!! Looks like you had a great time!! So my question for you is would you eat sushi again???

PerryParty3 said...

Sushi, eh? Well, I think you've just solidified my decision to never try sushi. :) Okay, I won't say never, but I'm definitly not ready to try it yet! Looks like you had a great trip! College is the best!!!

Dallas and Carissa said...

The Lusty Lady, huh? Are you sure they didn't name that after you? ;) just kidding!

¤Kirsten¤ said...

Laura i am so jealous you went to seattle! i drove home and back from AZ. long and boring 16 hr drive. is school going well?? how is the fam? catch me up!i hope your enjoying life!
love you lots
kirsten