Luckily Seattle is a terminal for cruises from Alaska. Every now and again we get the chance to hang out with someone coming or going.
Today we got to hang with Germaine.
Brunch, Gas Works Park, Ballard Locks, and home. Talking about life, our kids (married to each other), grandkids, retirement, etc. It was a lovely day.
Bonus, we got to see a blue heron fishing at the locks. And saw a few smolts in the fish ladder and listened to a park ranger talking about the salmon life cycle. The takeaway? Bumblebees are a keystone species.
After 1 soccer game and 4 baseball games, the 5th baseball game was almost more than I could manage. Plus, the Ms lost. Not really complaining, they won 8 in a row before today.
The boys, my 3 seatmates, are almost done, but not quite. They headed up to Everett for an evening Aquasox game.
Our attention will soon switch to the World Cup. Starting next Thursday, it’s almost here. Not “here”as in Seattle, that isn’t until June 15th.
We have always tried to watch the World Cup. For many years, long past now, every four years we would order cable TV, so we could watch the World Cup games. Then, a month or two after the champions were crowned we would have cable disconnected and go back to our over-the-air TV. For those who remember we were required to get a box to continue free over-the-air TV. We could still do that, and have the boxes to connect in an emergency situation (think earthquake) where cable providers are out. But we have gotten lazy and appreciate the ease of not having to adjust the antenna all the time.
We should be able to watch more than we can on TV. And have tickets to one game! Can’t wait to experience the World Cup in person.
Ms won last night on the first of two pride nights this month. And we are going/have gone to tonight’s game too.
My other accomplishments for the day included watering and buying new shoes.
Watering because it’s supposed to get into the 80s today. Raspberries and the front yard. I think I need another hose to easily add the backyard too.
The shoes are walking and general all-around shoes. Nothing fancy, although the price at the outlet store was still high. But comfort and fit is important.
I took light rail to the game tonight. I waited a few minutes for the 1 Line, eschewing the earlier 2 Line train, so I could walk a shorter distance to get to the stadium. Then the 1 Line I was on paused at the International District Station. They announced a slight delay. I stayed on the train because most delays are short, and if I wanted to walk from the International District I would have taken the 2 Line. At the 2nd delay announcement I got off to walk. I just made it to my seat in time for the first pitch.
I did get some alerts about the delay being due to a vehicle on the tracks. This happens, but usually at the ground level tracks.
Elevated Tracks, for TRAINS
This is an elevated track and station. Following GPS without looking at what you are actually doing is not an excuse. Bright sunny day. Don’t worry, you only delayed a few thousand people. (They use shuttle busses to get around the closed track areas.)
We took a walk to downtown this morning. It was a nice day for a walk, but as is frequently the case, there was an element of baseball involved. In this case Ken Griffey Sr was going to be at a downtown location. In the photo below he is signing a “Remember the Kingdome” card. The design was created by Carl and cut into linoleum for printing by an artist friend of ours, Laurie Brown. With ink, Carl can continue to create copies.
Ken Griffey Sr.
After the signing, the day became more of a ramble. We decided to have lunch before finding transit to get home. Buca di Beppo became our watering hole. It was a very pleasant lunch, people watching with coffee and pasta. We meandered a bit further catching a bus that is a bit of a milk run, but gets us back to our neighborhood.
Downtown Art
And now we’re heading back downtown to attend the Mariners game tonight. It’s against the Mets, so I expect there will be several Mets fans in attendance. There’s at least one in the train car I’m in.
I hope we win, but at least I’m getting lots of steps today.
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