Days 19-24: Seattle, WA

After 3 weeks on the road, we reached the west coast and touched the Pacific Ocean! We were kindly hosted by some dear friends during our week-long stay in Seattle. Thank you so much to Tarik, Max, Charlie and Colin for hosting us! We got to take peaceful walks, have a fun game night, and eat delicious homemade cookies with Tarik! Many thanks to Max for the delicious soup and lovely company. A big thank you Charlie and Colin (and Hayden!) for having us over for a meal together, conversations, and a fun game of Code Names. While we were in town, we also had a few opportunities to throw the frisbee disc around at pickup goalty and pickup mini. It's always so fun to jump into ultimate in new places and meet new people. After some rainy goalty, we enjoyed Phở with friends Cori and Albert and others.

Seattle Skyline from Gas Works Park, looking over Lake Union! 


Photo of us at Gas Works Park, enjoying breakfast burritos! We even saw a seaplane land right in front of us on the lake!

Glenn worked remotely this week and even visited a local elementary school to shadow Charlie!

Cassie had significant daytime to herself to explore the city. She went to see an old friend from high school, who was so fun to catch up with after many years! Cassie explored Capitol Hill, downtown, Pike Place Market, Chinatown, and the Seattle Art Museum!

At the end of the week, Glenn got to attend an art show for Milo (check out the cool piece above!) and catch up with old friends, after which we both shared a night with Cassie's dear Ibex friends: Bekah, Tyler, Lauren, Katie, & Mochi. We had some tasty pizza, watched part of a WNBA game, and caught up!

Hearts full and grateful for all the connection in Seattle, we then geared up for our drive back to the Midwest!

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