Rick, Chinatown & the Spirit of Alaska...

Thursday, before our flight left, Rick drove us through Vancouver took us down to Chinatown.

Can you find the turtle?

They filmed a scene from an episode of Smallville...RIGHT HERE!

We stopped at a Chinese restaurant of course for lunch. You had to mark on this little card what you wanted. Justin picked pot stickers, Michael picked dumplings, I got wontons, and Rick (who forgot his glasses and couldn't read the menu) marks some random item. That random item was delivered to our table last, and as the waitress sets in on the table, she laughs. She knew that NO ONE orders this! (I wish I could remember exactly what it was called!!) Here's what it looked like:

It wiggled, kind of like Jell-O and that black goo flowed from the center when we broke it open.

We each tried it, but Justin's expression was the only one film-worthy...yep it tasted just like that! A hint of a peanut butter and the texture of sand...weird!

While waiting in Seattle for our connection we took a walk down the C concourse and found this at the end...our newest fancy painted livery...The Spirit of Alaska Statehood. Just some cool background on this guy. The images on the plane were designed by a 16 year old from Sitka, Alaska as part of the "Paint the Plane" contest put on by Alaska Airlines that was open to all school children in kindergarten through 12th grade in the state of Alaska for the state's 50th anniversary. Click here to see a picture of the entire plane.

Thanks again, Sharon and Rick for an AWESOME five days, and we can't wait for you guys to come down here!