It is the first of my long weekends here in the Pacific North West. As you saw in my last post it started off pretty epicly. Saturday was a day full of amazing experiences and I will never trade that day. Ever. The weather did not hold out all that well though with a return to the typical PNW style. Grey and Gloomy. Whoever said it rains here all the time was lying. It just looks like its going to rain (although it did rain on me this morning during my run but it was really light.

The weekend was good still. Yesterday and today have been pretty relaxed, not much done. But I learned a bit this morning about Memorial Day. So Memorial Day is a little bit like Anzac Day but different. Where as on Anzac Day we have parades and we have our Dawn services. They don’t seem to do it over here. Of course they still pay tribute to the fallen in battles (memorial day stems back to the Civil War days), however they are fiercly patriotic and will do plenty of things to pay tribute to those who have served or are currently serving.

It feels more like a day of private reflection and paying your respects on a more smaller, more personal way. Rather than big parades and big grand ceremonies, it seems to be more that you take your time to go pay your respects in person, in private for a few moments of quiet reflection.

It is also like any long weekend these days, full of sales. It obviously made the car purchase a little easier but just about everything seems to be on sale. Everything! One other little facet in other parts of the country, though not really fitting here, is it is meant to be the opening weekend of summer. Full of grilling on the BBQ, picnics and times spent outdoors. My kind of weekend… if only it was about 20 degrees hotter.