My daughter and I went on a brief college tour for Spring Break. We drove east on a Blue Star highway to my sister's house.
We crossed big pointy mountains.
We collected my sister and her daughter for one of the college tours. The instructions said to wear comfortable walking shoes. It is important to select the ones that show off your nail polish.
UW has grown so big, the buildings grow into each other.
I am not sure which architectural style is represented here. The pictures above and below these words are the same building. They just keep adding on and pretend it was always supposed to be that way, I guess.
The tour guide suggested that this part of the library looks like the great hall at Hogwarts. It needs some floating candles.
Where are the books?
Oh, there they are.
Really serious books for really serious students.
Two very serious students.
I will leave it up to you to guess which one asked what the fine was for swimming across this pool. The guide said it was strictly off limits, but that the University cleaned it out every fall before the students arrived and challenged each other to the swim. If caught, it costs $35 and earns one a picture on the front page of the school paper. Both girls thought it would be worth it.
Where my girl wants to go to school.
Happy cousins.
The cherry blossoms were blooming.
After eating in the cafeteria, one must watch one's fork go all the way around the bend, very slowly.
After taking a picture of the fish, watch out for the table when you step back.
This is where the big boys play football. They were practicing when we were there, and lots of people were heading in to watch. We were looking for the pool. We found the building, but could not go inside. We found the rowing shells though. We could not go inside the boathouse, but we could see through the windows.
These structures have several purposes. One is to hold up the handrail. Another is to provide an exhaust vent for the garage under the large expanse of bricks.
They also provide a cozy spot to sit, until the lights turn on.
Someone turned on the snow machine while we were on the coast. Fortunately the road was bare and dry when we went through.
After about 75 miles, we were through the mountains, with this lovely vista for the rest of the trip.
Interrupted very briefly by a very large river in a very big ditch.
We were chased out of the ditch by a lovely sunset.
We crossed big pointy mountains.
We collected my sister and her daughter for one of the college tours. The instructions said to wear comfortable walking shoes. It is important to select the ones that show off your nail polish.
UW has grown so big, the buildings grow into each other. 
I am not sure which architectural style is represented here. The pictures above and below these words are the same building. They just keep adding on and pretend it was always supposed to be that way, I guess.
The tour guide suggested that this part of the library looks like the great hall at Hogwarts. It needs some floating candles.
Where are the books?
Oh, there they are.
Really serious books for really serious students.
Two very serious students.
Where my girl wants to go to school.
Happy cousins.
The cherry blossoms were blooming.
After eating in the cafeteria, one must watch one's fork go all the way around the bend, very slowly.
After about 75 miles, we were through the mountains, with this lovely vista for the rest of the trip.
2 comments:
You are aware that there are like 63 colleges around this Washington back here, right?
PapaB: there may be but the drive was a little longer and she got to see me.... after I got back. We actually have several colleges on our side of the mountains. Were you just looking for a free babysitter? You know they may pay you to be offered the opportunity.
What a nice trip. You may have been confused about those serious students though, I am not sure about one of them.
She did get herself signed up for the SAT it will be on June 7... right as she is ready to leave high school. Of course there is still the Prom to attend so Bloomsday is out.
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