adventure

  • I’ve been waiting a long time for this trip. My last road trip of any decent length was in 2013 where I spent the majority of my time scanning the radar for possible tornado activity after a long and exhausting evening in a shelter in Oklahoma. When Kelsey announced that her wedding would be in

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  • Zoo: “An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.” – Evan Esar

    Had a lovely afternoon at the Woodland Park Zoo with a fantastic fandom friend today. Cacky, thanks for visiting! I have such conflicted feelings on zoos, but of all the zoos that I’ve been to, I feel like we’re pretty lucky with the WPZ. The exhibits are much larger than most other zoos I’ve visited,

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  • Thursday Thrill: Garbage day!

    I’ve been neglecting my blog! Oops! Some adventures take us out into the city and some require that we just get our shoes on – maybe a jacket. The excitement of garbage day starts on our way to the bus stop. The line up of garbage, recycle and yard waste cans along the street excites

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  • Even bigger foosh.

    Even bigger foosh.

    Poor kiddo – Mind. Blown. I don’t think he knew what to expect when I announced an extra-special adventure to the aquarium, but from the moment we got out of the car (two blocks away), he was humming with excitement. The old water front trolly tracks are still in place, despite the fact that the

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  • Thursday Thrills: Big foosh.

    I always give Evan a choice of what kind of adventure – maybe a little bit of a guided choice if I have a particular errand to run, though he’s generally happy to help me with those as well. But today he made the decision long before I even asked him about an adventure. Two

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  • Thursday Thrills

    Thursday Thrills

    One of my 30 before 30 items is to spend a day exploring a local (Washington) town I’ve never been too. But there are also many areas in and around Seattle that I’ve never really explored. After walking one kid to the bus stop earlier this week, the little guy I watch was pretty adamant

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