If you ever come visit me, I will spend a lot of time trying to feed you, as witnessed in my previous post chronicling the many meals that Justin, Mike and I consumed during Justin’s recent trip to Seattle.  But there are other things to do with me besides having me shove food down your throat.  Thankfully, Justin was a good sport and we actually got the chance to see quite a few things in the city.

I’ve already chronicled Friday and Saturday.  On Sunday, the boys spent the first half of the day at the Colonade riding their bikes off of giant ramps and boulders and other dangerous things.  Hopefully Mike will post some pictures of their awesomeness soon.

When they got back, we continued the generally sporty theme of the day by checking out the flagship REI store.  It’s just so…  big.  Here we marvelled at kayaks, bike racks and some very involved baby-backpacks.  Justin and I decided that we are organizing an epic camping trip as soon as the weather warms up again, and Mike kept talking about how he needs to buy the WASP knife before we go to protect us all from bears:

After REI we drove to the Capitol Hill neighborhood and climbed the Volunteer Park Water Tower. Justin used his schmancy new camera to take some pretty pictures of the cityscape, while Mike, obviously exhausted from the stair climb, did this:

On Monday, when Mike went to work Justin and I hopped on our bikes and rode to check out the Ballard Locks.  This was very exciting, because every time I had asked Justin what he wanted to see in Seattle, his only answer was “Salmon.”  So here, we saw salmon.

We also saw seals (eating the salmon) and a very big boat come through the Locks!  You can tell that Justin really is an engineer by how incredibly fascinated he was by this process:

On our ride home, the gray-but-dry weather turned into a torrential downpour.  We kept joking that this was his “iconically Seattle” experience of the week.  This is what we looked like by the time we got home:

On Tuesday the weather was much better, so we checked out Kerry Park, did the Seattle Underground Tour (we had to do something super-touristy before he left), and finished off the daylight with a hike through Discovery Park:

On Tuesday morning, we bid adieu to our awesome friend.  We were sad to see him go, but we hope he has a good time visiting Portland!  Justin, you (and your bike) were definitely the best guest(s) we’ve ever had in Seattle!

He carries a really big purse.