It’s hard to believe that my time in Seattle is coming to a close. It has been so much fun, and so wonderful to see so much of my family again. I don’t really know how to describe all the feelings, so I’ll start with what I did for the second week. This week I was much more intentional about visiting specific Seattle attractions, to make sure I didn’t feel like I wasted my time.

As I described in my last post, on Monday, I went to the SeaTac Botanical Gardens and SeaTac North Park, and hiked some wonderful shady trails through the woods.

On Tuesday, I ended up going to the Space Needle. That was cool, and I got to have a lot of fun playing around with my new Samsung camera. I grabbed lunch in the science center, and walked around the surrounding museums, but not wanting to pay, decided not to go in.

Wednesday was the day that I took a ferry. The two options I had were either Bremerton or Bainbridge Island, and I decided to go with Bremerton. The ferry ride was about an hour long, and pretty smooth. The sun was out (yet once again) making it rather beautiful outside. I had lunch at a “Boston” pizzeria, it seemed it had found its way to the wrong coast, and the food wasn’t very good either.

Thursday… Thursday was probably my favorite day of the week so far. I spent the afternoon going to a movie, specifically the new Disney release, Maleficent. I had never (or at least it has been so long I’ve forgotten if I have) seen Sleeping Beauty, but I knew she was the villain from that fairy tale. I absolutely loved the movie, but I’ll say more about that in my up-coming post “From Frozen to Maleficent”. Coming back in the mid-afternoon, I made sure to leave plenty of time to be prepared for my cousin’s high school graduation. It was a small celebration, but it was awesome to see her walk across the stage. It also meant I got to see another cousin, her brother, and my uncle, her dad, which of course is always a plus.

Friday was going to be my quiet day, but a last minute inspiration had me looking up the locations of nearby locations of the chain restaurant The Original Pancake House. I grew up with one just down the street from my house, and was super eager to have an apple pancake again. I’ve posted a picture down below so you can drool at it!

Saturday was my quiet day.

Finally Sunday… my last day here will probably be the most memorable. We’re having a family get-together, where all my relatives living in the area who aren’t on their honeymoon in Florida will come over here to celebrate several things: my cousin’s graduation, her birthday, her brother’s showing up in Seattle, my showing up in Seattle, and Father’s Day. Our first family members have just shown up, so I should probably post this and go join the starts of a party. Signing off!

Until Next Time,

Joe