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Originally Posted by LongDrive lover Good idea, nice thread and amazing photos. Liked all of them.
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Looks like Karnataka (specially, the wet part) will need another trip (or at least 6-7 days of a trip) .. |
@LongDriveLover -- Thanks!
Karnataka surely has much more than the Nh17 stretch. And there are loads of threads to refer to.
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This is the next set of snaps. Mostly from Seattle and Around. Dallas and around. SFO.
I would travel abroad mostly to work with mobile operators. And hence a full cycle of staging and deploying a telecom product in the network takes a good 3 months. So, i got to stay at Seattle-bellevue for 3 months, twice. Visited SFO, where my sister was staying till 2008.
Seattle is the lake country. Lake side living is not a luxury here. Weather is perfect. Neither hot, nor very cold. It snows for sure in winter. But just for a week. The greenery, the narrow lanes and old unique architecture of its own. It all seems very perfect here at seattle.
Except the rains.
We visisted the following places around:
1. Snoqualmie falls
2. Multnomaoh falls (Oregon)
3. Wahkeena falls (Oregon)
4. alpental (Ski zone)
5. Mt.Vernon and Skagit valley --For the Tulip festival.
6. Mt.Rainier -- 1 magnificient mountain standing above all others in this Rocky mountain range.
Also visited Richardson, Dallas. Nothing much to see around Dallas, to be frank. You can hog quite well though, with so many nice restaurants to eat.
Winter in Dallas is quite chilly. But doesnt really snow. 2009 was different. A lot of snow! So i clicked.
On the way from Seattle to Snoqualmie pass on I-90
Grape Vine Lake -- 25 miles from dallas. The amazing thing about this area was, it was just outside the DFW International airport. and evey min, you could see atleast 6 to 8 planes landing or taking off. Time passes by very easily
Kite festival near Bellevue
next 3 snaps are at Mt.Rainier national park. and the Mt.Rainier peak.
We drove 900 miles in a single day in 2 cars.
Seattle - Renton - Olympia - Portland - Multnomoah Falls. (I-405)
While coming back, we drove to pacific beach drive on US-101 and came to Seattle via Olympia again, where US101 joins I-405.
Pike place market - Seattle downtown
Wahkeena falls -- Again in oregon state.
Tulip gardens at Mt,Vernon/Skagit valley. This place is 60 miles north of Bellevue/Seattle. We need to drive on I-405 North.
Snoqualmie Falls is 25 miles north of Bellevue/Seattle. One needs to drive on I-90 East to reach this falls.
Family Re-union at SFO
Pier 39 at SFO