{"id":93,"date":"2009-02-09T21:02:25","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T04:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2009-02-09T21:02:25","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T04:02:25","slug":"the-pacific-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"The Pacific Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To the 2 or 3 of you out there who watch my blog daily to see if I&#8217;ve updated it (hi, mom!), you&#8217;ve been a little disappointed in the last few weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 In preparation for our fast-upcoming move to Africa, Rachel and I have been traveling all over the USA to say goodbye to friends and family.\u00c2\u00a0 The last trip took us as far as Canada, through my childhood state of Washington, and some other favorite places in Oregon and California along the way.\u00c2\u00a0 The main point of the trip was <a href=\"http:\/\/africastories.com\/blog\" title=\"Africa Stories\" target=\"_blank\">visiting people<\/a>, not taking photos, but even passing through those places lent some fun opportunities to stretch our legs and take some photographs&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, I made a few changes to the travel section on my site, too.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/travel\" title=\"MattFloreen.com Recent Travel Gallery\">Check it out<\/a> to see some of my latest travel photos, and let me know what you think.\u00c2\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1814361.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1814361.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ice&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090126-090126-1735291.jpg\" alt=\"20090126-090126-1735291.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090131-090131-1345291.jpg\" alt=\"20090131-090131-1345291.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1231281.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1231281.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090131-090131-182215.jpg\" alt=\"20090131-090131-182215.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090128-090128-1709561.jpg\" alt=\"20090128-090128-1709561.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the moon?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1839361.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1839361.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1230471.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1230471.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1656161.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1656161.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090131-090131-1336551.jpg\" alt=\"20090131-090131-1336551.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090126-090126-1733441.jpg\" alt=\"20090126-090126-1733441.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-132437.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-132437.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1551031.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1551031.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-123718.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-123718.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1221121.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1221121.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1834311.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1834311.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1522321.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1522321.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090131-090131-163838.jpg\" alt=\"20090131-090131-163838.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1233081.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1233081.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-115132.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-115132.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1439281.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1439281.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-115203.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-115203.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090128-090128-1641581.jpg\" alt=\"20090128-090128-1641581.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-121440.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-121440.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1519061.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1519061.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-114518.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-114518.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-143757.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-143757.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-090203-163543.jpg\" alt=\"20090203-090203-163543.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090128-090128-144747.jpg\" alt=\"20090128-090128-144747.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-090203-165852.jpg\" alt=\"20090203-090203-165852.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-124148.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-124148.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090131-090131-183246.jpg\" alt=\"20090131-090131-183246.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090126-090126-172407.jpg\" alt=\"20090126-090126-172407.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-090203-170318.jpg\" alt=\"20090203-090203-170318.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-122618.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-122618.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-123908.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-123908.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-153740.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-153740.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-090203-170919.jpg\" alt=\"20090203-090203-170919.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090128-090128-165853.jpg\" alt=\"20090128-090128-165853.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-1810491.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-1810491.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-090203-171027.jpg\" alt=\"20090203-090203-171027.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-150109.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-150109.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-123522.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-123522.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-151452.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-151452.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-120601.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-120601.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090128-090128-121846.jpg\" alt=\"20090128-090128-121846.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-131847.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-131847.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090130-090130-145545.jpg\" alt=\"20090130-090130-145545.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090204-090204-174140.jpg\" alt=\"20090204-090204-174140.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A special shout out to all the people we got to see along the West Coast.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to all of you for your hospitality and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>And tomorrow we leave for the midwest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the 2 or 3 of you out there who watch my blog daily to see if I&#8217;ve updated it (hi, mom!), you&#8217;ve been a little disappointed in the last few weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 In preparation for our fast-upcoming move to Africa, Rachel and I have been traveling all over the USA to say goodbye to friends 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