Leave of Absence

They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. The dignity is in leisure.
  -Herman Melville

Columbia River Park:

 (rock throwing tutorial)

An excess of Chinese food:

Yes, we bought some containers and put it in our little fridge in the hotel.  (It should be noted, we definitely ate our fill at the restaurant...it was just more than we could possibly eat.  Which is saying something.)

The view from our room:

The poetry of the earth is never dead.  

-John Keats