I decided to post something on a vacation day, since the vacation deserves special treatment.
We've just finished our trip to Seattle (the "Emerald City") and we had a wonderful time! We did so many things, there's no way to do justice to them all. Our hotel was just off the corner of the Seattle Center, so we were a couple minutes walk from the Space Needle, the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, the Experience Music Project, the Key Arena, the Seattle Children's Theater, and so much more. Of those, we only did not see anything in the Key Arena, though we passed many people who were in line to attend a metal concert there (I think Ozzie Osbourne.)
Additionally, we took a couple of walks to the Pike Street Market, bought some excellent fruit and baked goods and crafts. Sherry's hat and Leah's wrist gloves are cool and handmade. Also in the "walking" category, we took a tour of the Seattle Underground and we walked several trails in Mt. Rainier National Park. The snow kept us from our planned walk around Paradise, but that was no big deal. We still had a great time.
Mike and Molly were perfect hosts. They shared their apartment with us, let us watch a couple movies and several episodes of "Sliders" (which we had not ever seen before), and generally entertained us in between times of sight-seeing and eating excellent meals.
Yes, I did get to play Magic, too! Mike wanted to break out the decks while Sherry and Leah saw a Harry Potter movie, so I got to try out a couple of recently built decks, as well as a handful of theme decks from recent sets.
I'm exceedingly happy that we got to visit Mike in Seattle before he moves back to Decorah. It was a great trip and we're thankful for the chance, and for the great hosting we got.
I highly recommend a visit to Seattle -- a clean, friendly city with many great things to see, do, and eat!
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