Mt. Rainer, the Space Needle, and Pike Street Mkt

These last couple of days have been very busy. My cousin, Jan, and her family came to the Seattle area for a few days for a vacation. They live in San Jose, California and I guess they thought they needed to bring the hot weather with them.

They stayed at my brother, Steve's house in Orting. On Thursday, we went out for breakfast and then headed up to Mt. Rainier. We did all of the normal stops - Longmire, Christine Falls, Narada Falls, and then a picnic lunch at the new visitor center at Paradise.

On the way home we stopped at Mineral where they have an old railroad ride. Carl and CJ wanted to see the train even though they knew it wasn't running due to the hot weather conditions. They were trilled with what they were able to see at the yard. Then, on the way home we drove by Johnson's corner where Jan's mom lived for awhile with their family. We also went by the old school and their home which was next door.

On Friday, we drove to Seattle. First, we went up the Space Needle. Next stop was the Pike Street Market, and then onto the Old Spagetti Factory for lunch. We then tried to get to somewhere that we could see the Blue Angels practice for Seafair, but that was sort of a bust. We did find the University of Washington bookstore where Carl and Jessica bought some items. We then drove to Auburn to my nephew's home (Brent and Lea) where we swam in their pool and had a barbeque.

Today we're headed to Centralia for a train ride there. Fortunately, the weather has cooled off to more normal temperatures.