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What better way to set a project up for an epic fail than give it an acronym that is pronounced “Whoops”? Last week during my trip with my parents I had the opportunity to visit the now defunct Washington State Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) plant number 5.
A few days before our trip Matt had [...]

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I’m still recovering from last weekend. From August 7th to the 11th the Mosquito Fleet hosted out-of-towners from all over and as far away as New York and Cincinnati for the 6th annual Blood Drive Moped Rally. I was on the planning committee and doing a lot of the logistical stuff but even so, it [...]

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Reflecting on last weekend in Forks…. the weekend was beautiful and fun. The Olympic National Forest and the surrounding area is one of the most beautiful places I have seen. Camping was fun… Matt and I slept in the back of the Honda Element ZipCar.
I should say, I was super excited about riding the ferry, [...]

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Thursday night Matt and I are packing up the Zipcar and heading to Forks, Washington for their 4th of July celebration. According to what we hear, the weekend will be filled with parades, salmon bakes, demolition derbys, fireworks, horseshoe tournaments, drag races and even a frog jumping contest. It sounds like it will be some [...]

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Portland last weekend was amazingly fun. Matt and I headed out at 4pm on Friday and ended up in stop and go traffic for the first hour or so but once we reached Portland it was all fun…

The weekend started with a house party. Saturday included endless riding throughout Portland and its surrounding hills. It [...]

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I leave tomorrow Portland bound for their 2nd Annual Moped Rally. Last year was a blast, this year should be equally exciting.

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Sunday morning we made an impromptu trip to Roslyn, Washington. Roslyn is a – let’s say- quaint former logging and coal mining town in the Cascade Mountains with a population of about 800. A ninety minute drive from Seattle, the real draw of this little town was the fact that it served as the set [...]

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1/2 of Team Regrets will be making an appearance this weekend.

-amy

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Birthday Bus!

I spent the weekend in Sacramento attending a moped rally called “Total Letdown” that was sponsored by the Landsquids, the Sacramento branch of the Moped Army. I’m a bit letdown because the rally wasn’t a total letdown at all – in fact it was quite fun.
It all began Thursday night in Seattle by boarding the [...]

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