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Headed over to Mazama for a quick vacation. This was our first trip with Emily and our new Prius and both did well.

We stayed in the Rolling Huts for the first time. The huts are located along Highway 20 about half way between Mazama and Winthrop. The hut experience is halfway between camping and staying in a motel. Each hut has a basic kitchen and a pad to sleep on. There is no running water in the huts but they have electric. There a port-a-potty at the end of each hut and shared bath in the barn. Emily especially enjoyed hanging out on the deck pretending she was a guard dog.

On Saturday we hiked to Lake Ann near Rainy Pass. We had done this hike a few years ago and enjoyed it. There was scattered thunderstorms in the area all weekend and on the way back to the car we got caught in a downpour. Which was pretty strange given how dry it has been in the northwest this summer.

Interesting piece in today’s business section on Japan’s inward cellphone industry. The Japanese have some of the most advanced cellphones but rarely make it overseas.

Japan’s cellphones are like the endemic species that Darwin encountered on the Galápagos Islands — fantastically evolved and divergent from their mainland cousins

Braved the opening day crowds on Saturday and rode Seattle’s new light rail to Tukwila. Grabbed some late lunch at the Somali restaurant near the station and then waited in line to catch a train going back to downtown. The trains and stations are definitely nice. Not much on the route for me right now. It will be a great option for getting to the airport later this year and the Northgate and Overlake lines are only ten years away!