A little mini vacation in the middle of Summer, oh what fun!! Back in May, we must have been bored and decided we need somthing else to do and needed a little more baseball, so we decided to go to a Mariner's game. Well, you can't just go to the game and not see Seattle, right??!! (We have gone before, but it was several yars ago and the boys don't really remember much). We purchased our tickets, marked the calendar and anxiously anticipated the day......(Safeco, here we come!)
Well, we figure it takes about 4 hours or so to get to Seattle, so if we leave by noon or 1, we should be all good, game is at 7:10, no worries.....I took the day off and figured I would squeeze in a cut and colr since Mark was working a 1/2 day. Well not all things go as planned, we didn't get out of town until almost 1:30 and let me tell you, it took 5 1/2+ hours to get to Safeco Field. I don't know how those people drive in that kind of traffic every day. It was pretty much stop and go between Lacey to Tacoma, Yes, I was getting pissy, I hate traffic and it was starting to look like we were going to miss the start of the game.
Luckily, traffic did break up and we pulled in the parking garage about 6:45, I was really glad I had pre-bought a parking pass, that made it really easy (would recommend it, well worth the money!) Off to our seats we go. Marner's were playing the Red Sox
and let me tell you, a couple of times, I was not sure who was the home team, Mariner's or Red Sox, there were ALOT of Red Sox fax in the crowd. It was a beautful evening for a game, we had pretty good seats and watching it on TV is nothing like being there in person. It was a good dame, even though the Mariner's lost (the only game they lost in the 3 game series). The boys had a good time, Drake was just soaking it in
and Gunner was enjoying some of the goodies (Man those nachos were good!)
After the game was over, getting out was hectic, I dont' understand why people push, they are going to let us all out!!
Off to the hotel we go, thanks goodness for the GPS on the iphone, it came in very handy, except it doesn't really tell you which streets are one way (That could also be operater, me, error LOL) Finally get there and try to find a place to park (HOLY COW parking in Seattle is expensive, have to pay everywhere you go) and go to our room. Didn't plan it but we had a good view of the Space Needle, but we were all pretty well done so it was off to bed we go.....
Our first adventure on Saturday was the "Ride the Duck", if you go to Seattle, this is very much a must do. It was a 90 minute ride thru the waterfront, downtown, over the bridge to Fremont and then you take a boat ride on Lake Union. It was a beautiful sunny day and we all enjoyed the ride. Our driver, Chuck(wagon) was very good and made it fun, showed us lots of sights and man, oh man, truly a Starbucks on very other corner!
After the duck we were all hungry so we headed down to the waterfront. After finding and paying for a parking spot (plus big rigs don't always fit so well), we started walking. It has also been recommended to at the "Crab Pot", man oh man was it yummy! We pretty much ate everything.
We had a "pot" of clams, mussels, crab (dungess and snow) shrimp, sausage, corn on the cob and red tatos. I know I am repeating myself but man was it good! (kinda expensive but oooohhhhhhh so worth it!)
After we were done we walked along the waterfront, had to walk off our lunch LOL. There were alot of people and some of the shops were crowded but the weather was perfect. There was a cruise ship sitting, loading, waiting to pull out, make me want to go on another cruise, but I think this is a close as the boys are going to get. :(
After we saw everything we wanted to see on the waterfront, we headed to Pike Place. Now there were ALOT of people there too. Evidently Starbucks there is very popular
, don't know if you can tell, but the line waiting to go in, goes back to the last flower and pole,
Umm No thanks! got mine down on the waterfront, thank you very much!
We cruised thru the market, taking it all in, the flowers and fruit and veggies all looked beautiful and wish I could have brought some home, but it wouldn't have made it (no ice chest) or lasted very well. Of course my hubby was soaking it all in too (ummm, hello, give up the crackberry already!),
so we took pictures, my favorite thing :D
We pretty much saw everything and decide it was time to move on, off to the Space Needle we go.
Our plan was to hit the Space Needle at dusk, it didn't work out so well. We get there (again had to find a place to park and pay) as we go past we see a line to get in, well, looks like its going to be a wait. As we are buying our tickets, it shows a 1 hour wait, is everyone in Seattle that day???!!! The line actually moved pretty fast and we made it to the top. After about an hour we were done and headed down. Wish it would have been clearer so we could see the mountains but it was still pretty.
I have come to the conclusion that in this day and age, people cannot fly by the seat of their pants anymore. Our plan was to stay they night in Tacoma and then go to Cabela's on Sunday. Well, not sure why, but we had a terrible time finding a hotel between Tacoma and Lacey, we finally found one in Olympia and we got the last room with 2 queen beds, so it was backtrack to Lacey on Sunday morning.
The boys were pretty happy,
He kept saying "It doesn't look that big", well he thought otherwise when we got inside. We browsed for a couple of hours, didn't really buy much, but it sure made all 3 of them want to go fishing, bad!!
Finally finished up and headed South. Traffic wasn't too bad, but there was still some slowness in parts and I sooo could not drive that all the time, it would give me major anxiety!! Overall it was a good weekend, really enjoyed the family time but was happy to sleep in my own bed!!
(hey, don't judge, doesn't everyone drink wine with a straw from a plastic Dutch Bros cup?)
(yes the camera really was upside down and not really sure how the picture turned out so clear!)
(yes, put a fork in me, I was seriously done!! I needed to be headed home to bed...)
Well, we figure it takes about 4 hours or so to get to Seattle, so if we leave by noon or 1, we should be all good, game is at 7:10, no worries.....I took the day off and figured I would squeeze in a cut and colr since Mark was working a 1/2 day. Well not all things go as planned, we didn't get out of town until almost 1:30 and let me tell you, it took 5 1/2+ hours to get to Safeco Field. I don't know how those people drive in that kind of traffic every day. It was pretty much stop and go between Lacey to Tacoma, Yes, I was getting pissy, I hate traffic and it was starting to look like we were going to miss the start of the game.
and let me tell you, a couple of times, I was not sure who was the home team, Mariner's or Red Sox, there were ALOT of Red Sox fax in the crowd. It was a beautful evening for a game, we had pretty good seats and watching it on TV is nothing like being there in person. It was a good dame, even though the Mariner's lost (the only game they lost in the 3 game series). The boys had a good time, Drake was just soaking it in
and Gunner was enjoying some of the goodies (Man those nachos were good!)
After the game was over, getting out was hectic, I dont' understand why people push, they are going to let us all out!!
After the duck we were all hungry so we headed down to the waterfront. After finding and paying for a parking spot (plus big rigs don't always fit so well), we started walking. It has also been recommended to at the "Crab Pot", man oh man was it yummy! We pretty much ate everything. 
After we were done we walked along the waterfront, had to walk off our lunch LOL. There were alot of people and some of the shops were crowded but the weather was perfect. There was a cruise ship sitting, loading, waiting to pull out, make me want to go on another cruise, but I think this is a close as the boys are going to get. :(
After we saw everything we wanted to see on the waterfront, we headed to Pike Place. Now there were ALOT of people there too. Evidently Starbucks there is very popular
, don't know if you can tell, but the line waiting to go in, goes back to the last flower and pole,
Umm No thanks! got mine down on the waterfront, thank you very much!
so we took pictures, my favorite thing :D
We pretty much saw everything and decide it was time to move on, off to the Space Needle we go. 
Our plan was to hit the Space Needle at dusk, it didn't work out so well. We get there (again had to find a place to park and pay) as we go past we see a line to get in, well, looks like its going to be a wait. As we are buying our tickets, it shows a 1 hour wait, is everyone in Seattle that day???!!! The line actually moved pretty fast and we made it to the top. After about an hour we were done and headed down. Wish it would have been clearer so we could see the mountains but it was still pretty.
I have come to the conclusion that in this day and age, people cannot fly by the seat of their pants anymore. Our plan was to stay they night in Tacoma and then go to Cabela's on Sunday. Well, not sure why, but we had a terrible time finding a hotel between Tacoma and Lacey, we finally found one in Olympia and we got the last room with 2 queen beds, so it was backtrack to Lacey on Sunday morning.
Finally finished up and headed South. Traffic wasn't too bad, but there was still some slowness in parts and I sooo could not drive that all the time, it would give me major anxiety!! Overall it was a good weekend, really enjoyed the family time but was happy to sleep in my own bed!!
to hurry up and wait. We got over that and of course had to take pictures. Brandi was there with some girls from work, so had to get her in a few pics as well.
