August 11th, 2011
Chateau St. Michelle
Today we went up to Woodinville to visit Chateau St. Michelle, a winery north east of Seattle. We got a tour of the wine making process and got to taste a few wines.
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Next we went across the street to the Columbia Winery. Unfortunately they only had a tasting room and didn't do any production on the site. After getting lunch at "Purple Cafe" we headed back to Auburn.
Fremont Troll
In the evening we went to meetup with Michelle's "Little B", John, in Fremont, a suburb north of Seattle. I wanted to get a picture of the "Fremont Troll" and got us lost in the process.
"The Fremont Troll" is 8 feet high and weights 13,000 pounds. It sat under the "Aurora Bridge" and grabs cars from above; in it's left hand is a Volkswagen Beetle.
Hale's Brewing Flight
We met up with John and had dinner at Hale's Brewing. I got a flight of five beers and enjoyed all but one.
Hale's Brewing
After dinner I grabbed a few picture of the brewing operation and we wandered around Freemont.
Brouwer's
Next we went to "Brouwer's", a whiskey and beer bar. They had 60+ rare beers on tap and we each tried one. I had Lost Abbey's "Judgment Day".
Judgment Day
Seattle
On the drive back home we stopped at Admiral's View to get a picture of the Seattle skyline at night.
