Category Archives: Seattle Specific Saturdays

Seattle Specific Saturdays: Maple Valley Specific

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Maple Valley Market

What I call my “number two” store. You may not find your veganaise or less popular brands here but you can find the most important part of a community grocery store: the community.

They have local milk and honey and when the local produce is available they supply that as well.

I’m proud to support my local grocer and you should be too (wherever that grocer may be).

Seattle Specific Saturdays: Groundspeak!

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Geocache MEGA event at Groundspeak
In case you were not aware there is an amazing event going down right here in Seattle! Some of us are so very super duper close to this event that we do not have to plan months in advance and book a hotel and a plane in order to attend. We can hop in the car and wiz on down to Groundspeak HQ in Seattle. 
It’s the 2013 Geocaching block party at N 47° 38.943 W 122° 20.931 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on August 17th
Mark your calendars because Seattle is the place to be for geocachers! Also, check out the Geocaching Mega-Event on Sunday August 18th
My very first geocache find! Micro magnet that took “2 hours to find”

Seattle-Specific Saturdays: 405

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Seattle-Specific Saturdays: I Don’t Mind the Weather But I Can’t Stand the…
 
 
Fill-in-the-blank….
 
1. Traffic
 
or perhaps
 
2. Coffee
 
or perhaps
 
3. All that greenery
 
 
What is it about Washington or the PNW (Pacific Northwest) that you can’t stand?
 
 
I spent my early childhood in Washington. I do not recall the traffic when I was a child most simply because I was not a driver back then, obviously. I did not harp on the weather or the rain because as a child I didn’t know any “better” weather. It was what it was and I loved it. There were trees to hide behind and hills to climb. There were rivers to float down and forests to explore. There were parks. So many parks! As an adult, having lived in Florida for the better part of my later childhood and having visited multiple other states and countries I have experienced a bit of variety. I am able to compare life in WA with life in other locations. Yet, I still love WA and I don’t mind the weather but I can’t stand the traffic. 
 
 
Ode to 405
 
Interstate 
Oh how I hate
When to wait, wait, wait
You make me late, late, late.