Today e planned to take a rest day so we could explore Seattle. Marta and Johann made some pancakes for breakfast and then we got ready for the day. For some reason my arm was hurting a little more today even though we had a light day yesterday; it is still so swollen that I cannot straighten my elbow completely. Lea had forgotten a couple things at Neil and Janice's house, but luckily Neil worked close by in Seattle where she could easily meet him this morning. The 5 of us took off towards downtown; we decided to walk instead of ride. We walked along the waterfront/harbor area, past the aquarium and then found the public market. It was a rather large market and there was just so much going on, and the best part was there were a ton of stands that had free samples! From there we ventured over to REI, which is the main headquarters building, so it was huge- there was even a rock climbing wall inside the store. We looked at the sleeping bags again since we are still contemplating if we should get new ones for the winter. We also looked at the tents since the doors in ours are starting to malfunction. There weren't any tents that really stood out to us as ones that we would like, and there weren't any like the one we already have. I think our best bet is to check with Eureka, the makers of our tent, and see if there is any way to fix the zippers, we will see. From there, Joey and I wanted to walk to the brewery, but Ronja was getting tired, so Lea and Greg decided to head back towards the house. Joe and I walked around for a bit and then found the "free bus" in the bus tunnel. It was so neat because it was set up just like a subway, except there were trains, and busses (electric)! Being on the bus made it fun because you could see out the front window as we went through the tunnel- which you can't do in the train. When we got off, we were near the Chinatown of Seattle, which was really small. The brewery was near the stadiums, so we got to see where the Mariners (baseball), and the Seahawks play. Unfortunately the last brewery tour was at 4 and we had gotten there at 4:30, but it was ok, because we had just as much fun walking around. On the way back, we walked by the Space Needle and found our way back to the house on the hill. We had hoped to get back around 5:30 to help Lea and Greg make dinner, but by the time we got there, they had already started and had the hard part done. We enjoyed some pasta with spaghetti sauce and vegetables for dinner and then relaxed the rest of the evening. Since we walked everywhere, we didn't have any miles on the bikes today.
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