John & Tricia in Seattle

Last week, John & Tricia came to visit Seattle for a few days.  We did a bunch of random hiking, exploring, bbqing, etc. We were having a heat wave, so that took a lot out of us.

Here's a bit of what happened (for some reason I wasn't taking as many photos as usual...)

Hiked down to the beach at Discovery park. Pretty spectacular views with the mountains in the background and the forest behind...

John played with a stick and we walked to the lighthouse in the sand.

Stopped in Ballard for a drink on the patio at King's Hardware (thanks for showing me this place Bill!)

Wine and chat in our yard.

They braved eating at this crappy little restaurant by our house.  I've since found a place that's much, much better - sorry guys, next time.

Salmon are swimming through the locks now.

Golden Gardens - no defecating allowed, but passive panhandling is okay.

Tricia, Duck, John.

Them are submarine fins!

I took them on a half-day adventure to NOAA headquarters to see a famous sculpture called Sound Garden. When the wind blows, its supposed to sound like a pod of whales singing. It was the biggest waste of time/pile of crap ever. 

We met up with Tricia's family for dinner at the most amazing chowder house. I had the lobster chowder (also known as "The Dutchess of Chowders"). The photo is before her family arrived...

Sunset from the restaurant.

Before going to Portland, we walked around Fisherman's Terminal. You can tour one of the boats from that show "Deadliest Catch".

More to come. I have to go figure out our new weed whacker...