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Pike Place it buzzing with people, crowds of tourists. I
have seen it more crowded but that time we didn’t have a
stroller to navigate
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We bought Salmon, fresh local Chinook, for $31.25, and
it’s absolutely divine. Bought raspberries, strawberries,
peaches, snap peas, honey, pear butter, t-shirts…went to an
amazing quilt shop…Jonah kept saying that he wanted to go to
McDonalds…had sushi for lunch and freshly made mini
doughnuts…the flowers are so cheap here, like in the Netherlands
or Germany…went to the first Starbucks again, like we did 11
years ago…
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I didn’t know if the chickies had a good time but I think
they did. We haven’t even started our trip yet and already they
have seen so much….
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When we got back to the garage the kids played with Halle,
Chris’ daughter, as if they’d known each other…they gave her a
“make-over” J
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This night we tried to find a different place to stay
near Lake Washington, but our GPS is very bad in Seattle because
of the tall buildings…we wandered aimlessly from Harbor to Lake…
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In the end we got stuck in roads we should have never
been on…I couldn’t bear it and went to the back, ostensibly to
keep the kids out of Steve’s hair, but really I just couldn’t
watch it…
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When at one point we stop and don’t go any further I
return to the front only to find out that we are stuck behind
two parked cars…this would have been tricky for a regular car, I
am thinking, it’s a no-go for the bus.
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A very nice older man and his wife come out onto their
porch to see what’s happening…the man gets his keys and moves
one of the cars and we make it through…
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We are maybe one street away from the Lake but are out of
nerves for the day. We are trying to find a bigger road to get
back out onto…a very steep hill leads us up to Martin Luther
King Blvd. and we are safe (of course, later Chris tells us that
at that nice playground here there had just been a shooting, but
we don’t know that right now).
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Defeated we decide to go back to Fisherman’s Terminal,
Commodore Park, and call it a very late night…
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Back at the park the kids and I take a little walk with a
little picnic of things from the market…it’s late but what the
hey…
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Steve works on emails until late. I am just beat and fall
asleep to the sound of Steve munching Cracker Jacks… |
