4th of July trip to Seattle

Sue,  Ali, and I took off early Friday afternoon for Seattle to visit Kyler and Becca.  It was a long but uneventful trip.  We arrived around 9:30 Seattle time and Kyler, Becca, and his friend, Tim, were just coming back from a bike ride.  We got all our stuff unloaded and stayed up talking until around midnight and then Sue, Ali, and I all slept soundly on our air mattresses in the living room.

Saturday we had a late breakfast at Louissa's and all had a big breakfast.







 We took off on our bikes to Ballard and the Saturday market but apparantly it was canceled for the Holiday weekend.  We ended up shopping at some stores and then took the long steep ride up to the Woodland Park Zoo.  I got a flat tire on way up and I had left my pump back at Kyler's house.  Fortunately we walked by some guys that were starting their 4th celebration early on their front porch and gladly loaned us a pump.  (I did have a spare tire and tire iron).  When we got to the zoo there was a long line to get in and it was very crowded.  We decided to brave the crowds and go on it.  It was an enjoyable afternoon at the zoo and we saw almost the whole thing.  We stopped at the supermarket on the way home and got stuff to make tacos.  After we got back Ali, Kyler and I went back to the bike store and got some parts to work on Ali's bike a little.  Becca fixed wonderful tacos and we sat outside in  the courtyard and ate.  It is a really nice evening.  We are just going to hang out around here tonight and relax.