Seattle + Port Angeles, Washington

If you follow my Instagram feed or Facebook, you may have noticed that my parents, Alex and I headed out west for a bit of a Seattle and Port Angeles, Washington adventure. We started our trip in Seattle and spent all day Friday exploring. We did a quick 90 minute bus tour which was fun and we got to see the highlights. After that we headed to lunch, explored Pikes Market, found some local wine to take home and headed up the Space Needle. It was a great afternoon but we weren't done with Seattle yet! We ate dinner at a nice little Italian restaurant to carbo load (more on that soon) and then we headed to Safeco Field to watch the Seattle Mariners play the Detroit Tigers. It was fun to go to a different stadium and cheer on a different team. But, no worries, we're still Cardinals fans at heart!

If you look reeeeeeally closely, you can see Bill Gates' home

The troll under the bridge

We enjoyed watching the fish fly

Saturday morning we woke up early and headed to the ferry to wind our way north to Port Angeles. Once we got there (after my dad's wonderful detour....) we checked into our hotel, went downtown to pick up our race packets and t-shirts and then headed to my sister, Sarah's house. It has been almost five years since we've last been together, so it was a much needed reunion. She and Patrick have two lovely little girls: Lily (4 (almost 5)) and Leah (2) and a handsome little man, Will (3). We played, talked and had a great afternoon and evening. After dinner we headed back to the hotel to get some rest.

Aboard the ferry

Hanging out with miss Lily

Dad and Will playing

Not quite the ocean, but just as lovely; enjoying the view of the Strait of Juan de Fuca

It was windier than I expected...

Mom and Dad packed a bit more appropriately than I did. 

Sunday morning we woke up bright and early, donned our running shoes and race bibs. We ran our second half marathon along the North Olympic Discovery Trail. We did great and Alex pushed through with his knee injury (which shouldn't have any long term side effects, but to be safe, he's resting for a while). After the race, we ate lunch and headed up Hurricane Ridge to see the Olympic mountain range. It was beautiful and worth the trip up the winding mountain. We ate dinner and said our goodbye's to the Lovejoy's. Monday morning we headed home and re-entered the real world.

Before the Race

After the Race

Our time was 2 hours 22 minutes

Bear Hug

Mama and Lily

Will attempting the figure out the binoculars

Leah playing in the snow in June

Where we roam, our Gnome roams

We had such a great trip and race and we are very thankful my parents let Alex and I tag along. Thanks Mom and Dad! As always thank you to Greg, our chauffeur and Moose sitter, we're going to miss you so much in August!