last tidbit of seattle.

more city fun

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as my 2+ week trip to seattle comes to a close, a few more activities. Andrea's new condo has a rooftop deck with amazing views. beautiful views on a clear day of the skyline and needle with the Olympic mts. in the back. next was a hike with tracy, that seemed like a good idea at the time. started driving northeast in the rain with eager hopes it would clear as the day before. Since we missed/forgot how to get to our original destination we headed to the ice caves in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Although a short hike, it was far from adventurous. we arrived to a sign saying 'bridge out ahead impassible.' figuring we could get across still we pressed on only to find out the bridge was long and over a large river.

we spotted a tree across the river, but did not want to risk slipping and falling into the deep coldness. instead we spotted a shallow section, ~2ft deep. we de-shoed and socked and started the extremely cold ford. made it with cold feet! it was raining this whole time as well to add to the story. then about another 15 minute hike and we arrived to the ice cave seen below.

Scott, Tracy, Andrea, and myself had a saturday night full of activities. Seattle Aquarium, homemade pizzas, and cranium. only pictures we took are of the aquarium though....

finding nemo exhibit!

last night in seattle :( andrea and I needed to get some more ping pong in. Jillians it is! again this time we had to wait/kick people off the tables. finally got to play and it started out bad for me as andrea was warming up like a pro. as game time approached my game greatly improved. it was sad though as andrea had to work the next day and i was to leave at 1:30.

we had so much fun together and learning much more about each other made it hard to leave. alas, i was still chicago bound minus andrea. would have been nice if she could have joined me. and so the adventure continues...