WA.....Continued and completed

U Dub... ( UW aka the University of Washington)

Walking up Roosevelt showed me the side of Seattle that one tourist may never see. The streets are cluttered with bars and pizza joints. Small houses are neatly placed on slopes, decorated with uncut grass and unpainted doors. As I come upon the campus I am greeted by a large chime. It was put in place to bring good fortune anytime one rings the small bells. I, of course, took part in this ritual. I began to near Lake Union, a body of water that separates Seattle Metro from North Seattle (Where Greenlake and the university are located). All along the shores of the lake are small docks where personal fishing and rec boats bob slowly in the calm water. I've come to realize that every time I get within sight of any large portion of water, the air becomes significantly cooler. This may seem a bit obvious but its reality hasn't struck me until I've felt the brisk wisps run across my face. Hayley has told me time and time again to ask one of the people for directions to a place where we can rent bicycles, but me being the "guy" that I am, I stubbornly refuse. After a period of exploring the area, I decide to give up on finding the mystery bike shop that will rent us bicycles, and Hayley and I begin to cross the bridge over Lake Union to move back towards our hotel. On the other side of the bridge, we come upon a classy pizzeria and decide to stop on for some lunch. Hayley being one to not touch a nibble of meat to her mouth insists that we order the four cheese pizza. Upon receiving our order of what I expect to be a bland array of simple cheeses and simple sauce, we are both pleasantly surprised by the taste of the pie. The trick es the extra sweet marinara spread over the soft crust and the clusters of feta cheese hidden strategically underneath the other four cheeses. The pizza and beer leaves me satisfied to continue our trek to the space needle. Up unto this point, I have had the luck of stumbling upon secret land marks and corners of Seattle. It leaves me wishing that my stay could last much longer. Unfortunately the walk back to the hotel only proves to be segments of low income housing and regular urban huh ha that can be seen in any city across the country.

All in all though, the 10 mile walk day turned out to be quite the adventure and gave Hayley and I the kind of idea that we needed when considering a move to Seattle. The remainder of the trip did not involve the kind of attention to detail as the time is Seattle mainly because we went from house to house, driving hours to get from one place to another, leaving the remainder of the trip as quite a blur. But if you have any loose ends you would like tied up or other details revealed, please feel free to ask! Thanks for Joining!

Jacob In Real Life.....