Our last day on the boat ended up being in Seattle. Traveling as a family is different from traveling as just husband and wife. There was much in Seattle to explore but after almost 8 full days of vacation, we decided to check out Pike's Market, and then hit up a few Seattle parks. As we made our way to the parks we could enjoy the city views and sunshine (it felt ah-mazing!).
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A very nice man gave us directions to two parks nearby; the first park we found was cute, not very big (we almost walked right by it!) but sat in the heart of a busy shopping center and gave us plenty of people-watching time.
Then we arrived at the second park, after a quick ride on the light rail.
Wow. Dubbed the "artists park", it was eclectic and whimsical and very, very different from anything we are used to. When I think of a park, I imagine lots of grass and trees and a playscape thrown in somewhere... (The parks in Victoria were rolling hills and streams with turtles and ducks and flowers and...very nature-y). This park had turf grass with a little cushion underneath it so you almost bounced when you walked. No real grass or trees, but an amazing sphere for climbing with slides and an in-ground merry go round. We let the boys play for as long as we could. (And I seriously had a hard time stopping myself from climbing on the sphere...it looked so fun!)
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Saturday, we left the boat for the last time to go to the airport. We waited all together (15 of us) for our 2 p.m. flights and discovered *another* reason to love Seattle. They have a children's play area in the airport where we sat for a good two hours (our flight was delayed) and watched the boys jump and climb and play and use their imagination and make friends.
Sigh. Can I move to Seattle?
Just kidding. I don't like rain that much. But I do really enjoy summer days of 85 degrees. AND play areas for three little boys.
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