Good morning last morning in Fremont! We ended our wonderful stay at our airbnb in Fremont. If anyone is travelling out this way and looking for a homey, cozy, beautiful place to stay - let me know. This place comes highly recommended! And the location is on point! I got up early today - before 6 to enjoy the cool start to a hot day. Go figure that when I am here there is a heat avisory in Seattle where June is typicall sweatshirt weather?!? Sitting on the...

So today has one key word... kayak! Wow what an amazing experience we had today kayaking in Lake Union! LOVE! Over an amazing breakfast at Stoneway Cafe, we decided to look for a kayak rental. There is a heat advisory after all for Seattle today - it got all the way up to 83 today! Lol! We found Northwest Outdoor Center just a short mile walk away in Queen Anne. We trekked through the 80 degree heat (lol, again) to the keyak rental. After our 30-second tu...

Claire is 23! Wow, how did that happen so fast?? After a Happy Birthday aria call to Claire (she is at her apt., we're at our airbnb), we began Day Three in Seattle! We are so excited to see her and celebrate after work. This is probably a good time to mention how incredibly proud I am of her - making the move to Seattle by herself and making the huge mark she is in her work! She just beams when she talks about her work and the people! Her reviews are fanta...

The first full 24 hours in Seattle! The sun comes up early in Seattle and hit me in the eyes around 5:15 AM from my bed on Claire's couch! That was OK because I was eager to run across the street to get my day started with a hot cup of Herkimer! After second thoughts, I dozed off and trekked across at 6:30.... only to find out that they would not be open and have coffee ready for me until 7. Back to the couch, but I was the first in door at 7! :) Our day ...