Mt. Rainier in distance.When we left Washington, there were a number of things that everyone missed. We all missed the beautiful green trees everywhere. We also missed our small church in Covington. It was a close knit community and we felt very much a part of things there. Mikey missed his Life Teen group at church most of all and was the most upset about leaving those people that he had grown close to over our years there. To help ease the transition, we agreed that he could go back to Washington in the Spring for the Life Teen retreat at our old parish.
The retreat was in March and we made all the arrangements to go. We had Alicia come out to watch the kids over the weekend and then Mikey, Leslie and I flew out to Seattle so he could go on his retreat. Of course this left Leslie and I with something that seldom comes our way. A weekend getaway without the children!
We got a hotel in downtown Seattle and spent the weekend roaming the city seeing things that Leslie never had time for while we lived there. We went on the underground tour of Seattle and roamed through Pike's Place Market. Me also managed to have dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant in Seattle, Assagios. I also also took her on the bus so she could experience that, but we mostly walked everywhere. Boy, were we tired by the end of the day! We had a great time as did Mikey. Here are some of our pictures from that trip.
Beginning of underground tour.
Underground the Pioneer Square Area.
More underground areas.
Picture of the old city.
Yes, it's an old chastity belt.
View of Puget Sound.
Leslie and I
4 comments:
Doesn't the hole at crotch level defeat the purpose of the chastity belt? Never mind, it's quite small and probably for peeing through.
Very Cool underground tour! Did you get claustrophobic? It's funny how you don't really visit the "cool" places where you live.
Oh Alicia! Didn't you see the serated metal teeth surrounding the opening in the chastity belt! My guess is that one glance at that potential source of damage gave the desired effect!
Mari, you are so right about not visiting the "cool" places that are in your own backyard. We had such a good time that everyone wants to go back again. Now we just have to figure out how to pay for it...
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