Alaska Cruise: Seattle

(Journal entry)
Saturday, June 8- Seattle
I should have washed my hair last night! It took forever to dry with the ships tiny hair dryer! Good thing the only thing we had left to pack was last nights pjs and this mornings toiletries! We headed to the international cafe at 7:15ish for breakfast where we also were able to sign in for our flight. We walked off the ship at 8:00 with our luggage in hand and went to the waiting zone until uncle Lee came to take us to downtown Seattle. (Dad took a cab to Avis, mom stayed with the luggage then after Lee dropped us off he went back for mom and the bags, the ship terminal was about 10 min from the space needle where he dropped us off) We made a consensual decision to not take the ride to the top of the space needle, since it would cost nearly $40 per couple. Instead, we visited the gift shop and visitors center and bought a tram ticket to Pikes Market. It is a fun farmers-market type place where you can but fresh produce, seafood and unique wares. We shopped around for about 30 min before Lee, mom, dad and Shannon showed up. We spent a little more time shopping (buying 20 lbs of Salmon$$$!) then drove over to the Ballard Locks. We took up a lot of time eating at a small fish and chips joint and were only at the locks for about 20 min. We could have spent an entire day there. Oh well, the fish and chips and company were good. Airports are never fun, especially with a headache and sea-legs, but after about an hour of lines we were able to sit until our flight was called. We were about 15 minutes late getting into SLC but Linda picked us up (leaving our kids at her house because of Malia's birthday party) so we went home, picked up ash from cornias then to whites for the boys (Carson was asleep and had a fever 😟) so we stopped at smiths for Tylenol (and milk). We gave the kids their souvenirs then walked up to cornias and gave them some souvenirs too. (Including half of the Alaskan King salmon we bought in Seattle) I left Bj there to go home with sick Carson and was so happy to be home at last. I had an amazing trip but missed my children terribly. I am so glad Katie was so willing to babysit the kids. We felt so good about her and Jeff tending that we were really able to relax and enjoy.