We Love You, Seattle!

We just returned from another FAN-TAB-U-LOUS vacation with our Seattle Cousins! If I'd known my husband had such wonderful relatives, I would have married him sooner!

Earlier this year, we visited Seattle and reconnected with my Sweetie's cousins. That was the beginning of a beautiful relationship -- with them and their wonderful city! We love Mary, Henry, and Seattle!

Like our visit earlier this year, the weather was just beautiful -- sunny, breezy, and clear skies. We thought our cousins showed us everything there was to see last time, but we were surprised to learn there was so much more to see and do in/around Seattle.

We managed to squeeze a whole lot of fun into our (seemingly) short trip -- day trips to Bainbridge Island and Mount Rainier; visits to the Burke and Flight Museums. Our trip coincided with National Museum Day, so admission was free to dozens of museums around the city.

Seattle is synonymous with fresh seafood and coffee and we indulged in both! In addition to Mary's excellent cooking, we dined at Anthony's in Tacoma, Ivars on the Pier as well as the Dahlia Lounge (I will have to devote a completely separate post to the pie we had here). Henry and Mary have such an extensive garden -- tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, herbs, peppers, berries, lettuce, carrots, broccoli -- and that's not even counting the beautiful flowers! We definitely left Seattle a few pounds heavier than when we arrived!

We were all so sad our trip was coming to an end -- I wish I had met our cousins much earlier in my marriage. We'd have had just that much more time to enjoy each other's company! The beautiful weather gave way to gray clouds and rain on the day we left. Mary said Seattle was crying because we were leaving. I'm sad, too, Seattle.

We're already planning our next visit and all the fun things we'll do -- ferry ride to Bremerton, dinner at Roy's Boathouse, drive to Portland, etc. And, of course, we'll enjoy some more goodies from Mary and Henry's garden. Until next time, Seattle!