HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
When me and Chrissy arrived at the airport, they were easy to spot. The Egan's like to show their excitement by cheering, jumping, clapping and dancing around. EganNation was back in full effect. Go Team!
The first stop on their trip to Seattle was to hit up the Aquarium. We viewed tanks full of fish, octopus, eels, sea amenities, otters, seals and other aquatic life. We even got to touch some of the amenities and jelly-type sea creatures! Afterward we of course had to hit up the Public Market. This is a must for all tourists in order to sample what Seattle has to offer. We ended up getting some vegetables and King Salmon to grill up later that night.
After Jesse hit up the first Starbucks we were assaulted by a band of bag men and women. These plastic people were preaching about how bad plastic bags are for the earth. In fact, Seattle will soon be passing a 0.12 cents charge per plastic bag at grocery stores in order to promote reusable bags.
Jesse was constantly commenting on all of the random art throughout the city. Being an urban artist himself, this is definitely a city I could see him in.
That night we grilled up our fresh goods from the market for a special Extended Family Dinner. The real family got to meet the rest of the Seattle Fam. The next day was made the journey through the EMP (Experience Music Project). Full of musical memories and memorables, the EMP is place to showcase the earlier time in music. Seattle is famous for many big names in the music industry including (but not limited to) Quincy Jones, Heart, Nirvana, Presidents of the United States, Pearl Jam, Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Jimi Hendrix. We even got to have a jam out session in the interactive portion of the EMP.
We also had to stop to check out the Fremont Troll.
Later that night we had dinner with our family friends, Tom and Patti McAndrews. They graciously had us over for some delicious ribs! We were gonna need the energy for the next morning's adventure; the return of Mt. Si! Don't worry all we didn't make them suffer through big Mt. Si, we did little Mt. Si. See ( Yay, Friends! [Part2]) for a description.
Jesse even found a giant slug and decided to have it as a snack.
It is always a rewarding feeling to climb to the top of things. Nature can be so magnificent sometimes and we should all enjoy it as much as possible. Which brings us to our next event: The Safari trip. Located in Central Washington is a vast quantity of protected land inhabited by various animals. At some points we even got close enough to touch the animals.
I'm actually just kidding about the Safari. It was really at Woodland Zoo in Seattle that has very natural looking exhibits. Few animals are actually behind bars or glass cages. This zoo was by far the best zoo I have ever been to. There is enough to take in for atleast 2-3 days. The final day we decided to go out for a nice dinner and fresh food. Chrissy, Jesse and my Mom decided to order the Lobster Specialty. Thinking this was going to be a typical lobster tail, we were all surprised to see full lobsters, eyes, ears and everything included. After figuring out how to crack them open to get at the meat, everyone was loving the food. It was an entertaining experience for both them and myself.
Leaving your friends and family is the hardest part of moving away. Although we are working on getting others here. I think Jesse will be the easiest to convince. And if we get him out here, then Matt will next up. Isn't that right Matt?
Thanks again to my Mom, Dad and Jesse for coming to visit us. All and All it was a fabulous trip and it was so nice to see the family once again! We will now leave you with wobbly faces.
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