Welcome to this week's edition of the POB eNews...
A short time ago, I was frolicking around in sunny Seattle (that's right, it was sunny and around 90 degrees) where my husband and I vacationed. Besides visiting Pike Place Market-several times-and eating a few pounds of cherries (singlehandedly), I also made sure to pay a visit to a friend of POB magazine: Wawona, the 19th century wooden ship featured in "
Requiem for a Schooner" by Richard Lovering, EIT, LSIT, in our May issue.
 I wanted to see how it was doing. Word on the dock has it that the Wawona is about to cross over-the lake, that is. Once there, it will be cut in two. One half will be demolished; the other will be kept for a museum. But don't quote me on that-I heard it from a crusty sailor.
Thinking back, I find it ironic that my vacation wouldn't have felt complete without bringing along my job. Although it's from a journalism angle, surveying has definitely become an integral part of my life. (Lieca told me that would happen.)
This leads me to wonder to what extent surveyors take surveying on vacation. I suspect that your vacations are interspersed with surveying history and the seeking out of historical monuments, bent trees and rock piles of yore.
If my suspicions are correct, then I invite you to send in a vacation photo to lyonsw@bnpmedia.com to demonstrate. Make sure to include a short explanation of where you are, what you're doing, who you're doing it with and how it relates to surveying. 
I look forward to seeing your submittals and choosing some for publication here, online or in our print issue. Until then, enjoy your summer. Bon Voyage.
- Wendy Lyons, Editor
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