This is from Alla and Vadim who write from the resort city of Rogachev. They write of the beauty of the two rivers the Dnieper and the Drut. Their quote is “happiness is waiting happiness”. I like this card.
Of all the postcrossing postcards in the world, I also received a second postcard from Belarus today! This is from Alisa who is a student at medical university. Her favorite movie is Lord of the Rings and she dreams someday of visiting Ireland.
Laurie made the plan. The plan was to get all of our Washington stamps for our McMenamins Passport. We were game, so Laurie and Burt picked us up early on Saturday morning.
These two pages will be done by the end of the day. Plus one more.
Whilst on the road we found a McMenamins friend. The back of the truck advertises the Passport.
There’s this part of I-5 where the vista opens up and all of Seattle is before you. And if you miss that shot, you end up with something like this one.
We drove on past Seattle to our first stop, the Mill Creek Pub. As you can see, Matt and Laurie are letting us know which stop it is. The customer in the window and the waitress waved so they could be in the picture, but by the time I took the picture, they had gone back to ordering.
Our first stamps of the day. We were apparently the fourth group to come through today. And it was just after 11.
Remember our truck friend? We found him again at Anderson School!
The newest property was our second location.
Because the hotel opened after we bought our passports, we had to have a grid stamped and then we made our way around the property collecting our stamps. Along the way we saw:
Fun groupings of light fixtures
This might be the answer to the photo scavenger hunt (Don’t worry, the question changes weekly. By the time the post goes up, this won’t be the answer.)
A Tiki-themed restaurant.
The very pretty pool, which we couldn’t have swum in if we tried.
Stamps collected, we got our swag. I got the bag, Matt got the lunchbox.
Our third location. Seattle’s Six Arms.
Commentary about the state of the Seattle Times.
Queen Anne Pub meant we completed our page and we stopped to collect our prize: a free burger!
What’s that mysterious object peeking through the trees?
The usual McMenamins table detritus.
Our fifth location of the day was the Spar Cafe in Olympia.
I really liked the interior of this location. That’s a copper-topped bar!
Here we are at our final location: the Olympic Club. Which is not in Olympia, but Centralia. Regular readers of The Orange Door might remember our trip to this property in 2012. 
And here’s our swag: a t-shirt. I got the official shirt (in blue). Burt, Matt and Laurie opted for different shirts. I think it’s fun we all ended up with different ones.
Here is our completed Anderson School passport page.
Here are our completed pages 24 and 25.
Eagle eyes will note that page 24 isn’t really done, because I don’t have the stamp for McMenamins on the Columbia. But fear not, we popped in right before we crossed the river, so Matt and I could officially complete our pages.
We’re just over halfway through. Watch for the next big day of McMenamins driving with Laurie and Burt, where we achieve Roseburg, Corvallis, Eugene and Salem all in one day!
