Washington State 2

Friday, Aug. 25--The problem with writing this Blog 4 months later is that the memory fails and, if I rely strictly on the dates of photos, things can get a bit confused. Therefore, it occurs to me that the exploring above might have happened on the 23 and the 24^th. In any case, according to dates on the pictures it appears that we spent Friday, Aug. 25 in Seattle. Parking at the Capitol Hill neighborhood house of Oiens’ daughter and son-in-law, Heidi and Daniel, we set off on bus and foot to explore some of Seattle until those two architects finished work at their respective firms.  We had all visited Seattle before (The Oiens, extensively) so we headed down towards Pike Place Market and popular Pier 57 area because we wanted to end up at Heidi's firm on Pier 56, Mithun. All the downhill walking is probably when I developed what I found out a month later was a stress fracture in my left tibia, way up by the knee. All I know is my leg hurt like heck but I didn’t let it interfere with our activities. 

No visit to Seattle could be complete without a tour of the newly opened
Pike Street Roastery! We learned a lot about Starbucks there.  

Smaller batch coffee roaster.

The four of us in a selfie taken in the mirrored wall to show part of the large space.

The Gum Alley off of Pike Place Market

The famous fish throwers at Pike Place Market

We found Mithun in time for Heidi to show us their fascinating facility in the renovated warehouse on Pier 56 with its gorgeous view of the Sound. She introduced us to several people and her boss and then drove us to her house, where, now with Daniel too, we had drinks and appetizers on their street front patio. Then we walked a short way to a restaurant for a fashionably late dinner.

Heidi shows us around the airy, wooden floored facility of Mithun.

The patio with their house behind

We were pretty tired by the end of the day, but not too tired to get a picture of the full moon which we admired as we drove back to Tacoma.