Summer Sunday in Seattle

Summer had a slow start in Seattle this year, but today was a beautiful, sunny summer day and we made the most of it!

Mike and I enjoy a challenge and adventure. Recently we both bought rollerblades at garage sales…and then we bought kneepads. You see, we have never tried rollerblading, but we enjoy challenges and adventures and we want to save our knees so we can walk for a few more years. And his morning we took our first stab at rollerblading…hahahaha...it was indeed challenging and adventurous!

We got up early and went to the closest deserted school (so no one would be around to laugh at us) and we began by using the walls for support until we got the hang of it. And then we ventured out into the parking lot. Neither of us fell, but I was surprised at how much my calves and thighs ached. It was a pretty good workout. Our goal is to be able to rollerblade on the Burke Gilman Trail by September!




Mike cruisin’ along and doing quite well.

We went home and Mike made chocolate cheesecake brownies. He has really become quit the baker recently with cookies and now the brownies.


Just out of the oven.


Frosted!


While Mike was baking, I decided to wash the truck. This ’92 Nissan 4x4 has been a charm towing our trailer and us all the way to Mexico and back. She deserves to look good!



Chores done, we headed into Seattle to see the Seattle Mariners play the Boston Red Sox at Safeco Field. What a glorious day for baseball!


Ichiro at bat.

There were a lot of Red Sox fans in the stadium, but they weren’t so happy today...the Mariners got 3 runs in the 8th inning, winning the game 4-2. Yeah Mariners!



As we walked through the throngs of people on the way out, we stopped to pose at the mitt - a 3,000 pound, 9 foot tall, big, bronze sculpture.

And now we’re home, the sun is still shining, and life is good.