Birthday, Take 2

My mom and sister came out to visit me for my birthday week. If I do say so myself, we had an awesome time. It was a good combination of touristy/new city stuff and good ol' hanging out.

One of the new things we did was take in the Wooden Boat Festival. They had a bunch of cool wooden boats ranging from the type of speedboat Indiana Jones almost gets chopped up in in the Last Crusade, to an old navy patrol boat, to your average luxury sailboat. Depending on the owner, and with permission, you could board some of them. We were also given a wooden coin that we were supposed to vote on our favorites with. I voted for the Indiana Jones look-a-like boat.

 Lisa took up crabbing as part of the festival.

We also got an hour sail ride on one of the wooden boats. Our boat had been a fishing boat in Alaska. I think it was built in 1911. Our captain told us that it sailed in the same waters as the boats on "The Deadliest Catch". Given it's size, that was hard to imagine.

We also ate lunch outdoors before going to Pike Place Market. Mom actually found some fish she might enjoy eating.

Their visit happened to coincide with a "bachelorette" viewing, so they were sucked into it without a choice. It is my experience that regardless of a person's reluctance going into this, everyone leaves with the opinion that it was time well spent.

We had a mini-early celebration for mom, and of course were still celebrating my birthday, so party hats were in order.

The weather had warmed up enough that we could pretend it was reasonable to have brunch outside.

We also watched the fireworks from the roof of my condo. It's not often that I celebrate the 4th of July in pants and under a blanket. It was surprisingly cold, but a great view. So glad for their visit!