On Wednesday we took it pretty slow and easy. Our only outing was to buy an iPad for friends back in Mexico. It was kind of fun to check it out and play with it - nice toy. Wednesday evening I cooked the beautiful scallops we bought yesterday and they were outstanding. Had fettuccine alfredo and cesar salad to go with them - yum.
Thursday was a day to visit my roommate from Augustana College, Rock Island, IL - have not seen her in 50 years - amazing. She lives in Issaquah so with good directions and the GPS we drove over there. The GPS did fine - but I put her street in as Drive when it was actually Blvd so that threw us off a little. But with the help of a FedEx driver, we realized our mistake and it was very close by.
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| Jean and Jeannie |
Jean graciously welcomed us into her charming condo and we chatted up a storm. The weather was "iffy" as usual but not raining so she invited us to take a walk around the lake by the property. We all had umbrellas, just in case, and about half way into the walk, it started raining fairly hard so we headed back under our umbrellas - but it was a pleasant walk even though it was short.
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| Yellow Lake |
Jean prepared a nice lunch and then we headed out in her car to Snoqualmie Falls with drive-bys of places where she had lived previous to her current home - like North Bend, a sweet small town with fabulous views of the Cascades.
We arrived at the Falls and it was not raining - hooray. The views were wonderful and the falls impressive. The oldest hydro-electric plant in the US is located there. We drove on to the Snoqualmie Pass and Gold Creek where Jean knew there was a nice hike. Unfortunately, the road to the creek was closed when we got there and it was raining again - so no hike but beautiful scenery.
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| Snoqualmie Falls |
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| Cascade Mountains |
Back at her condo we had a couple of fun games of Scrabble and then went to dinner at a local Thai restaurant which was delicious. It was great fun for Jean and I to reconnect and reminisce about our days at Augie. We may get together again next week for another adventure.
The 45 min drive home was easy and we got there before dark.
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| Seattle Skyline from I-90 |
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| View close to our home exchange |
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