We didn’t sit still for long during our Seattle visit – there were too many people to see, including friends and family who traveled to meet us there.
We spent a weekend in the city exploring with Lauren & Jeff, whose daughter Eliana now lives in Seattle and works at UW. We had one good day of weather seeing the downtown sights and then spent a very rainy day walking around the UW campus with Ellie as our guide. That day, the W stood for “wet.”
Even better than taking a photo with the UW mascot statue, is meeting him! Now I’ve met both Dubs I and Dubs II. Shira knows Dubs II’s humans, who are long-time friends and live around the corner, so she arranged a meet-up for us. We met Dubs I at a UW/UCLA woman's basketball game in January 2017.
We then went to visit Adam and Erin in Ellensburg (Central Washington). It’s a beautiful drive through the Snoqualmie Pass. During our drive back, it snowed! Seattle had its wettest May since Harry Truman was president. We felt right at home.
Adam and Erin were great hosts and showed us the area, including a scenic drive to Yakima for wine tasting. On the way, we took a break at the Umtanum Creek Recreation Site for a brief hike:
From Ellensburg we went to Whidbey Island for a special weekend of wine, friends, and family. It was a perfect retreat and we got lucky with the weather.
As you can see, we covered a lot of ground. More to come.
Hasta luego,
Shana & Jeff
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