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Losers

Spent C$10, got 15 losers and 2 winners. Down C$8. Woo gambling?

I lose :-(

Julie Anne won, 324 to 310.

I win!

283 to 195.

Morning on the lake

Funny money!

Canadian currency is a bit of a contradiction. Simultaneously high-tech and colourful, playful in its way, but such serious looks on the faces decorating the bills.

And great names for the CAD$1 and $2 coins.

Majestic

Snow-capped peaks south of Harrison Hot Springs.

Lakeside

Harrison Lake. Ahh, pretty.

The year in cities, 2009 edition

Spent at least one night (or most of a day, for the day trips) in each of these cities in 2009.

Listed in roughly chronological order; links go to related posts or categories.

• Seattle, WA*
• Orlando, FL
• Sequim, WA* (day trips, first to hike Dungeness Spit and later for Easter)
• Yakima, WA
• Kapa‘a, HI
• Telma, WA (actually a cabin on Lake Wenatchee)
• Cannon Beach, OR
• Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• San Francisco, CA

Lists get a bit shorter each year. If anyone remembers a city I’m overlooking, sing out in the comments.

Previous lists: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

2007 in cities

I spent at least one day in each of these cities in 2007. Fewer cities than 2006 but about the same amount of travel time.

In roughly chronological order:

• Mill Creek, WA (my home until mid-April)
• Seattle, WA (home the rest of the year)
• Spokane, WA
• Salt Lake City, UT
• Astoria, OR
• Friday Harbor, WA (twice, for whale-watching trips)
• Victoria, BC, Canada
• Corvallis, OR
• Orlando, FL

Similar lists for 2005 and 2006.

Idea via kottke.org

2006 in cities

Rehashing the same idea from last year, the list of cities I spent at least one day (a contiguous 24-hour period) in 2006, in roughly chronological order. Asterisks indicate multiple visits; links lead to Google Maps:

• Mill Creek, WA (home)
• Seattle, WA *
• Denver, CO
• Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Salt Lake City, UT *
• Corvallis, OR
• Santa Rosa, CA
• Napa, CA
• Monterey, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Mill Valley, CA
• Victoria, BC, Canada

I was going to list the cities where I spent at least a few hours as well, but that would number into the dozens—maybe even a hundred or more with the several road trips I took this year. I might do that later if I decide to scrape the info directly out of my Palm database.