Wednesday
Seattle
Day 2 with the family in Seattle started for me with an early morning Tour de France stage followed shortly after with a longer-than-expected trip to the bank with dad (Smiths just don’t do many things quickly) after Sara dropped me off at the ‘house’.
Once the family was ready to go (no small task given just 2 bathrooms and 14 people), we headed to the Seattle waterfront for a stroll along the piers and their various quirky shops, street people and tourists (with a few Seattlelites sprinkled in I’m sure).
We then boarded the Spirit of Seattle, an Argosy tour boat, for a 1 hour harbor cruise around Elliott Bay, which is where most of the photos are from below. I had been on it once before about 9 or 10 years ago, but it was still fun and informative and I think the family enjoyed it.
After the cruise Sara took everyone but mom and dad up to Pike’s Market for a run through and I took the folks to our place where they could get off their feet, rest up, see out place and meet Schooner.
A bit later we met back up at a park above our place in Magnolia that overlooks the city for another home-cooked picnic (thanks again to Sara) and some soccer, frisbee and relaxation (at least as much as could be had after a couple of hurried days away from home), and then headed back to the rental house for more hangin out, hot tubbing and conversation.
Thinking at this rate tomorrow will be a bit more ‘slow-paced’ 😉
