Seattle 1

Kathryn and I took the Amtrack to Seattle last weekend to visit with some old friends. It was nice to get our minds off of all the things we needed to get done in Portland for a few days. Friday we walked down the hill from Dave's place to Pike's Place Market:


After we did a quick obligatory market walkthrough we found a nice spot on some grass in the shade and talked and looked out over Puget Sound for a good part of the afternoon. Actually, we might have stole the shade spot from a little girl who had run off for a second to chase some pigeons.

On our way to taking in a Mariner's game we stopped by the aquarium to pet some starfish and stick our heads through goofy octopus and jellyfish cutouts. Mark got a stern warning not to pet the sea anemones so hard.

This octupus was really cool. It was the size of a large dog and would slink through this plexiglass tunnel between two large tanks. Glad I've never run into one snorkeling.