See-Att-Uhl, Day 3: Hiking and Relaxing

Compared to Day 2, Day 3 of our trip was pretty low key. We took the Cee-tee Bus to Discovery Park to do a little hiking. It was great to stretch our legs and take in what we could of the scenery. Unfortunately, the day was a bit overcast.

We were hoping to see some of the birds that are known to be around Discovery Park, like Bald Eagles, but the extent of animal life we saw was limited to common birds, slugs (which Jonah liked), and bunnies (which we learned from a sign later are not native to the park and are only there because people release unwanted pet bunnies there).

That wascally wabbit

Jonah, as usual on our hikes, loved the uphills and downhills. Who wouldn't if they were riding on someone else's back? He really wanted to see the lighthouse, too.

Downtown Seattle is back around this area, to the left...

Still a ways to go to the lighthouse

At the lighthouse

Despite the fun he had riding in the Kelty, I think Jonah's favorite part of the day (apart from riding the city bus) was the playground at the park.

Fun sliding with Mommy

More scenery from the hike is on our web album.

When we got back to downtown, the fun of trying to find a place to eat began anew. Most places around the Pike Place Market (near where the bus dropped us off) were swamped. We managed to find a diner that did the trick. After wandering the market just a little more after lunch, we headed back to the hotel for nap time.

Post nap consisted of some more wandering around the waterfront, where we ended up on the Carousel at the Waterfront Arcade. Jonah loved it so much, we each took a turn going around with him.

"Reawwy fast!!!"

Catching just the right shot on a fast carousel is very difficult...

We finished off the day trying to find a place to eat. After little success finding a place with a reasonable kid's offering that didn't have a long wait, we ended up at Gordon Biersch. It was fine and got us a meal.

Walking back to the hotel, we heard an "It's Ben Sweetser!" from across the street. We were pleasantly surprised to run into Dave Zipkin and Abby Klingbeil, friends and fellow '97s from Dartmouth. On their own little mini-vacation. Just walking down the street. It truly is a small world. We had a nice visit with Abby and Dave on the street for a bit before it was time to get Jonah back to the hotel for bed.

With all the hiking, sleeping was not a problem that night.