Today truly was an amazingly beautiful day in Seattle. The most alluring thing about Seattle is that when Seattle has a day like today, Seattle is far more beautiful than San Diego. I love the trees and the "closeness of nature" and when it is 75 out, I find I like it better than the beaches.

The most disalluring thing about Seattle is that a day like today doesn't happen all that often. The Sun always trumps.

We drove through Oregon in one day. We started off in Eugene, Or. Visited family in Crescent City, CA and then drove up the 101. We saw some signs for a "wildlife safari" so we stopped. It was, well, interesting. We continued up til what Google maps said was the perfect mixture of hours to beauty. It's funny how car navigation has become. I don't have GPS so I used the iPhone and periodics bursts with Google Maps while hooked up with my wifi card. Moving the blue line and instant recalculation is an awesome tool!!! First we were gonna spend the night in Salem, then Portland and then finally we decided it would be way cool if we were in 3 States in 3 Days for the kids. So we all agree to do that and we wound up spending the night at the biker hotel on the other side of the river and then getting up and landing on Sunday mid-day.

I took my mom to Pike's Place (where I got the most amazing cheese I've ever had and the biggest, pinkest, most beautiful Peonies ever) and then we all had dinner in the Space Needle. A need treat was the sticky notes and other various forms of messaging are placedo on the windows and people along the way pick them up and write on them. A message might say "Where are you from?" or "What did you order?" or "Write your name" We decided we were gonna leave a $1 bill and see if it would still be there when we got round full circle (the "building" moves in a circle providing a 360 view of the city). This was a great distraction for the kids who had a blast. They were so excited to see if it was still there. I'm happy to say it was (with added messages).

Trying to figure out where/if to practice in a studio. Summer camp makes that a bit difficult so I imagine home practices, wherever I can find a place to throw a mat.

I really hope the sun sticks around!