The weekend

We had a great time while Todd and Laura were here - ate a LOT of excellent seafood of course, and poked around some of the usual haunts for tourists. Just a few notes about the weekend:

We were at Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park at just the perfect time of year - wildflowers everywhere, blue sky, no 'hurricane force' wind - just beautiful. In spite of all the incredible scenery, I just couldn't resist taking a picture of a Japanese tourist taking a picture of a trash can while we were there. He was putting a lot of effort into this - took several shots from several angles, fussing with the focus on the camera to make sure it all turned out OK. There's one to show the friends back home. Speaking of which, Laura thinks she got a great picture of a deer's butt as well. We got some other pictures too, but I think those were the highlights...

I paid my first 'senior citizen' fare at the Argosy Harbor Cruise. The lady asked if anyone in our party was 55 or older and I said no just as a matter of course until it registered what she had said. "Wait a minute! I'm 55!!" What a rude awakening. I had to call my mother for sympathy.

The Mariner's actually won the baseball game while we were there, perhaps with help from the grounds crew which dances hilariously during the 'clean up' after the 3rd inning. (Or in spite of that?) Anyway, it's an interesting 'act' - catch it if you can. And we did finally find our way out of the parking garage afterwards. Eventually. Still not sure what that was about but it certainly involved tunnels and arrows and underground connections to other buildings. Note to self: NO future encounters with Union Station garage. Just in case.

Anyway, a few other pictures to share: