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The end of May marked this year's 8th grade trip for our school. It was a lot of fun. Between Great Wolf Lodge (Centralia, WA), the Point Defiance Zoo, going to the rock and roll/science fiction museum, watching the Mariners beat the Padres 15-8, seeing the Coast Starlight twice (once heading to the station, the second to the coach yard.) going to the Space Needle (again), Riding the Ducks of Seattle (fun!) and Seeing Iron Man 2, it was awesome!

On the side notes for the trip:

I heard one of my classmates fell out of the innertube on one of the rides at Great Wolf. I have yet to ask the person, though.

I saw 2 interesting pieces of Railroad equipment on one train: an SD9043MAC, and an Oregon & Northwestern Boxcar. Of the two, the boxcar's cooler.

I learned many new terms and had interesting experiences on the ducks.

Pedestrian: Speedbumps.

Whenever you go past Starbucks (or Seattle's Best Coffee) shout, "There's a Starbucks!" followed by, "Lattes!"

A lot of the buildings in Seattle have burned down.

The Beattles stayed at a waterfront hotel in Seattle once, though I don't remember when. When they left, a local store bought the carpet, cut it into 1 square inch sections, and was sold out in 15 minutes.

Figure 400 square foot room. Multiply by 144. Say $30 per square inch for the carpet. That guy could have made over 1.5 million! IN 15 MINUTES!

Those were the highlights of the trip. Check back for more updates.