I wish we had better pictures of city considering that I went to school there and that we've been back several times since.  But we don't, so here's a view of the skyline looking toward the city and looking toward Queen Anne.

La Conner is a very small town with a marina and some tourist shops.  (You could easily take it all in during a long pit stop.)  Being on the water is nice.  And in the spring, the tulip fields in the Skagit Valley are truly impressive.

The Gorge Amphitheater at George, Washington is an idyllic spot to rock out to your favorite band and drink beer in the sun.  Here I am with friends getting ready for the Page/Plant Concert in spring of 1995.

Note to reader: this was my fourth concert in four days.  I had already damaged brain cells attending three Grateful Dead concerts in a row in Seattle.  Mind you, I quit my job a couple of weeks before my college graduation just to be able to go on this hedonistic musical binge.