Awake: 6:20am Temp 62 sleep 6+05 sunny overnight @ Bothell, WA.
After breakfast, K & I drive less than a mile up the road & visit the
Country Village Shops. Each of the 48 shops: restaurants, galleries,
antique shops, etc are individually owned & operated & each with its own
special flavor. We didn’t visit but a dozen of these, but enough to get
the idea. All the buildings are historical, some from the original farm on
this property, some being moved to this area, others rebuilt or renovated.
A lot of brick pathways with old fashioned lamp posts & benches connect
the various buildings. It was a neat experience.
Around 4:50pm, we start driving to Seattle…. neither the best time nor the
best route did we choose but, we did it for the want of some petro for our
Suzuki & we found our best price on hwy #522.
When we rendezvoused with Nick, Eriko & Jerry @ the condo, we found Zack
semi-conscience on the floor, fading in & out. He’s been burning the
midnight oil @ Isilon working until 2 or 3:00 am to fulfill a deadline
software project. He claims he’s more productive & his concentration
skills are sharper without the active daytime crowd present. The rest of
us have wine & a gab session letting Zack get a few more Z’s.
Around 7:30, Zack snapped to it, drank his small portion of wine &
volunteered to drive me to the local Trader Joe store for a milk run. Then
we take 2 cars (Nick & Zack’s) to the Ballard area & have a great dinner @
the “India Bistro.” Kathy & I share a Murgh Tikka, which is White Chicken
with sauce cooked a special way. We didn’t realize this @ the time, but
over a yr ago on June 4, 2005, we ate this same meal & loved it then as
well as now. Nick paid the bill & we all thanked him profusely. Jerry was
an absolute gentleman during our restaurant time. Eriko held him for
awhile while eating & then Nick took his turn. When Jerry protested for
hunger, Eriko fed him under the cover of a cape. Once fed and happy,
Grandma (alias, Kathy) got to carry him back to the car. After picking
up Kathy’s sunglasses @ the condo, we say our goodbyes for now & return to
our bus by 10:30pm.
K & I take turns using the computer & then watch the weather channel for
tomorrow’s forecast.
High temp=84 Lights out: 12:26am
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