The kids and I spent a week with our cousins in Snoqualmie WA which is near Seattle. We drove up on Wed after Scott's last day of school. Besides Tanner throwing up 5 times, the drive there was thankfully uneventful. I went running Thursday morning in the most beautiful wooded area, Whitaker Park. Everything was so green-- ferns, tall trees, moss, it looked like a fairy land. Snoqualmie has extensive trails to run on and they are wide and well maintained . We visited Snoqualmie Falls, Twin Falls, the Seattle Aquarium, rode on the Snoqualmie train (where we ran into a family that lives by us in Draper), visited the Snowqualmie Candy Factory, shopped at the outlets, visited the Ballard Locks (unfortunately there were no boats going through as they were doing repairs. We did see some baby salmon going down the salmon ladder though), made fudge, visited Pike's Place Market and played and played with our cousins (there were 8 kids age 10 and under). My mom was also there visiting from L. A. and she gave the kids little jobs and rewarded them with money. It was a great trip.
I also ran several times in the rain and biked for the first and second time in rain. My feet were sloshing in my bike shoes by the time I was done and I learned why people who bike in the rain put fenders on their back tire-- to avoid the black muddy wide wet streak up your backside. Snoqualmie is beautiful and a very training friendly area, but the rain really got to me. Temps in the 50s with rain all day doesn't feel like June to me.
We drove back to Salt Lake on Wed and listened to lots of books on tape. It was nice to see the variety of beautiful landscapes and geographical differences. The kids did remarkably well staying buckled in for the 14 hour trip. I drank too much Mtn Dew on the way home and had trouble sleeping that night. At least we got home safe though.
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