Fun around Seattle

Jason and I have been lucky to have family come visit in town. With Connie, Kay, and Noah, we've gone hiking, taken weekend trips, and just hung out around town. Mostly eating out quite a bit... Kay took a billion pictures to prove it :)

Then last weekend, Jason surprised me with a seaplane ride to the San Juan Island and a whale watching tour. It was awesome! The plane stayed pretty close to the ground, so we had amazing views of Seattle, Mt Ranier, and Mt. Baker. More pictures coming soon :)

After brunch and hanging out at Friday Harbor, we went whale watching. The weather was perfect (rare in this unseasonably cold and rainy summer), and we got to see a ton of orcas! The naturalists on board said that two pods were meeting and probably mating. No, I don't know what it looks like for orcas to mate - it happens underwater. But we did see some orcas breach, and got to hear them talk through hydrophones.

Lots of family in town!

It's been a whirlwind of guests for the past month... Connie for a week, Kay for three, and Noah for a little over a week. So we've been up to tons of fun stuff, and now we're sad that everyone is gone.

Here's Noah, Kay, Jason, and me at Golden Gardens :)