Get ready for your own personal trip of Seattle and Victoria, because you're gonna get an overdose of pictures! This year's choir trip was to Washington and Canada, and it happened to be over spring break. It was beyond fun and went by way too fast.
Pike's Place Market
Meeting with family
Singing in amazing, gorgeous cathedrals. It sounded incredible. And when we'd sing Come Thou Fount with the organ... oh baby. It was awesome.
Space Needle
Incredible music workshop with Dr. Boers at Washington State University
Tour of Seattle with tour guide, Teresa
{Seattle Temple}
{The locks}
Ferry ride to Tillicum Village
Clams, Salmon dinner, and a show at Tillicum Village
Ferry ride to Victoria, Canada
Singing outside the Parliament building
The Butchart Gardens
Exploring Victoria
Experience Music Project Science Fiction Museum
Seattle Mariner's opening home baseball game
This is my view on baseball...
Funny story: Ever been chased by a hobo? Maybe two? Starbucks' headquarters is in Seattle. So naturally, we (my roommates-Annie, Brianne, and Rachael) wanted to go there to get some frappuccinos. We got up extra early the last morning to go to the nearest Starbucks (they're everywhere). While walking to the cross walk, a homeless man, who we are fairly certain was drugged, started talking to us. He was saying stuff like, "girls" and "I need to write something down." We turned the corner and quickly started walking down the block. We turned again to see that he was following us so we started jogging and then broke out in a sprint around the rest of the block. I was scared out of my mind, but once we realized he stopped following us, I couldn't stop laughing. Obviously, we didn't go to Starbucks, and returned to the hotel. While telling others at breakfast about our adventure, Mr. Smith said there was another Starbucks in the opposite direction of the hobo. Annie and I decided to go for it. While heading down the street, anxious to go to a Seattle Starbucks, Annie heard a voice. She looked across the street to see another hobo talking to us. Seriously? Why is it that guys would never have this problem. Even though he wasn't chasing us, we ran back to the hotel anyway. I guess we weren't meant to go to Starbucks. So on our way back home, we stopped in Oregon for lunch. And what would ya know, there was a Starbucks. Although it wasn't quite as authentic, we finally got our frappuccinos. And I'm happy to say, the 500+ calories of that strawberry cream, delectable drink was worth the entire hassle in obtaining one.
{Minutes after our first getaway & Victory at last}
Bus ride home
Although the ride was super long, I had this book by this woman to keep me entertained. I highly recommend it. You will laugh so hard you can't breath. Really. You will also fall in love and want so desperately to marry a cowboy in Wranglers, even if you think cows are stinky and are OCD about getting your hands dirty. This sunset and the Oregon/Idaho/Utah farmlands and never ending fields provided the perfect setting for my book.
Needless to say, it was an amazing spring break.
