Seattle Trip

It took us a ridiculous SIX months before we were able to go back and visit Seattle. We had wanted to go visit for Valentine's Day but we were too poor. Then we had planned on going for Ricky's birthday but we were also too poor then. We were finally able to go the first weekend of May and boy, we couldn't have picked a better weekend to go! As we drove up I-5 there was a point where we could see Hood, Adams, and Helens all at one time. Once we made it to our Northern home it was so clear that we could see the Olympics and Rainier for the whole weekend. Our plan for the weekend consisted of nothing but eating and hanging out with our Seattle family, the Deckers.

Saturday morning we went for a little hike at Discovery Park, where I worked all of last summer. We were lucky enough to spot a pileated woodpecker AND get a photo of it. It was glorious to be back there.

Post-hike we experienced the meal we had so been longing for. We drove over to the Ballard waterfront and parked in front of our favorite salmon and tourquoise building--Paseo! After 45 minutes of waiting in a line that had more than 60 people in it, we ate the most amazing cuban sandwiches ever. EVER. My stomach is growling with desire just writing about it now.

We spent the rest of Saturday wandering around Ballard and Queen Anne. When our sandwiches had sufficiently digested we stopped off at Molly Moon's and had ice cream. :)

In the late afternoon we visited our old nextdoor neighbors Rob and Sarah and we able to meet their brand new, 4-day old baby Max. He was way cute and we are super happy for them. 

Since it was so glorious outside, we decided to take a picnic to Gasworks Park with the Deckers for dinner. Alma and Anita had a blast playing in the grass, spotting kites, and pretending to be horses. I think Alma went up to at least 4 sets of people and neighed at them. Teheh. Oh, and she stole my sunglasses.

 Sunday morning we got up and headed back to Ballard to go to our favorite Sunday Market where we picked up some delicious toffee fir Mother's Day gifts. After that it was full steam ahead to the Aquarium with the girls for Anita's 2nd birthday! We had an awesome time there, obviously, and I was able to catch up with a few of my volunteer friends.

 

After the aquarium we dropped off the girls and headed southbound. We really miss Seattle and its many opportunities for food and adventure. I really do think that I was meant to live near salt water.

Ah well, maybe we'll live there again someday. In the meantime, we'll just have to go on a lot of visits!