Geoducking

I had to introduce Blair and Jessica to an extremely Pacific Northwest tradition: geoducking. It was an absolute must.

A geoduck (pronounced "gooey-duck") is a really big clam, with a shell that's typically 5-8 inches long. They can be down in the sand about 3-6 feet, and they sure take a lot of digging.

One technique is using a caisson. A caisson is a metal or plastic tube that you shove into the sand around the geoduck to keep the water and sand from collapsing in on the whole that you dig. So we made our own caisson by chiseling off the bottom of a basic sturdy metal trash can. And of course, we decided to do this in the middle of the night so we had to do it by car headlights. heheFinished product. :)Now that we had our supplies, we headed out for the fun stuff. There were a lot of rocks, so we had to dig on the outside of the caisson too, in order to get the rocks out of the way so we could shove the caisson down farther. But it worked!Our goodies. :)When we were done digging (which only happened because the tide started coming back in. hehe), we decided to just play. And I caught a fish with my bare hands!!
It may be super small. But yes, it really is a fish. lolAnd then I caught a crab with my shovel. Normally, I just pick them up from their back legs. But this poor guy (yes, it was a male crab) was missing one of his back legs. :(To celebrate our success, we decided to get our smores on.
YUM!Such a FUN day!!

Sounder's game

I finally got to see my very first pro soccer (football) game! Blair was kind enough to give me a tutorial the couple of days prior so I had some knowledge of what was going on. Definitely helped.

It was so much fun! First of all, the Sounders FC has become HUGE in Seattle. So it was really neat to be able to partake in a new Seattle tradition. Secondly, it was the Sounders vs. Celtics game. So, as you can see from the picture below, there were Scots all over the place. I LOVED that part. The announcer had a Scottish accent (and that sure made listening to him much more enjoyable, even if I didn't understand exactly what plays he was talking about. hehe) and the band was a group of kilt-wearing bagpipe players. *joy*

We had to get a shot at the beginning of the match, in our newly acquired Sounders gear. :)

One of the best parts of the game: I knew what was happening half the time. AND I was able to explain plays to my parents. Oh yeah.

The lot of us, enjoying our first, of hopefully many games.

GO SOUNDERS! (we didn't win, but it was still fun! and I even got to see a player get red carded. unfortunately, it was OUR player. but still, a rare treat)

Mariner's game

I grew up going to Mariner's games during my summer vacations. To me, Ken Griffey, Jr. WAS the Mariners. I miss him. But I still love going to the games. Yay for fun Mariner's games!

Not the best seats in the world, but at least they were in the shade for this super hot and sunny game.

Having fun!

I love this stadium. :)

The Mariner's may not win very often, but at least we always have a good time!