Spokane

I've had these Amtrak tickets for a long time and finally had a chance to exchange them for a trip with my brother to Spokane. Believe it or not, this was our first time on Amtrak :). Being on the sleeper car helped ignore the eight hour ride. I wish I could travel like this all the time instead of flying. The ride was very smooth and comfortable. Once we got to Spokane, we walked all over town, mostly Riverfront Park and downtown.

BrickCon 2010

The kid in me will always have a soft spot for Lego bricks (for some reason I am unable to say "Legos" like the kids...I guess I'm old school?). I know I'm biased...my favorite display was the Golden Gate. There was, of course, a lot of stuff for sale. One interesting discovery was a store selling custom molds of guns. Wow....can you imagine your village folks carrying AK-47s? (yes, there's a custom mold for more than a dozen types of guns). I didn't buy any of these new molds....I went instead to the grab bins where you can pick and cram all the pieces you like into a plastic ziploc bag for fifteen bucks :). I have no idea what I'm building, but I was like a kid in candy store. I'll see if I can update this post later with whatever it is I end up building.