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didn't have to go to work because the entire office was shut down due to
the dental convention in Seattle. Derek asked for that day off so we
left Lacey around 9:15. The night before I made sandwiches so we didn't
have to stop or anything on the way up. I texted mom we were on our
way. We got there faster than we anticipated and actually had to wait
for her to get out of her last class. Then she said they were on their
way to the hotel, that took a long time too. We finally got her and her
luggage in the car and headed up to Fremont. Derek wanted to drop off a
couple of trackables at Groundspeak. We waited in the car and he
brought back a few trackables as well. We parked the car again and
found out that the Freemont Fair was this weekend. We walked through
the supposed "center of the universe" and got a picture of the mile
marker.
We headed over to the Troll again, and found out it was under construction so we couldn't find the cache that was there. Sad day.
I've never been to Gas Works Park before. Since we had some time to spare before the Mariner game, we walked down to the park via Freemont. It was a nice walk. Lots of bikes and walkers down the trail. We got to Gas Works and took in the view. It was a pretty cool park. We walked around and saw some sort of photo shoot going on in the building nearby.
We walked back up to Freemont after a run in during a bathroom break at the public toilets at Gas Works. Those potties were disgusting!
We walked down the river front just to see what was down there, plus it was a nice day, so why not?
We found one over by the "downtown" Freemont area, Doggy Bowl. Next to a bar I went to with Nick and Nickey a few years ago for New Year's Eve.
We headed back up to the car and set out for the gum wall at Pike's Place. We were determined to find that gum wall bugger. We parked the car down by the piers and walked up the stair case up by Post Alley. I don't know how long we looked until mom said, "hey guys, is this it?" She found it sideways stuck in a hole in the wall between the brick and the window sill. We had to send Derek to the car to grab the tweezers. There was no way we were going to get it out without them. Me and mom stuck gum on the wall while we waited for him to get back.
Once he got back we pried that thing out of the wall. We all agreed that it wasn't suppose to be like that. We logged our find, took pictures and hid it back the way we thought it was suppose to be. Yay, Double Bubble Toil and Trouble is finally on the done list!
We walked through the Market and to a candy store that specializes in fudge and caramel apples because mom wanted to. From there we walked back to the car before our time ran out. We drove to our parking spot off of Massachusetts Ave and decided to get the caches that were somewhat near the stadium. We had a few minutes to kill before the place opened at 5:00. We grabbed Wacky Lego Micro #14 right near S. Airport Road under a lamp skirt.
Next on the list was The #1 Cache. We weren't quite sure why it was named that until mom found it near a hunk of wood that looked like a stump. It was a container that looked like some one had peed in it. The #1 cache. We got the name of it now. I opened it up because mom and Derek didn't want to.
We continued north to the DUCK you Rang! It was a micro hanging off inside a fence cap. Derek found it first.
We headed over to the China town area of Seattle for Youth in Asia. We kinda had to be sneaky with this one since there were a few people sitting in the park wondering why we were there. Derek found it and we hurried and put it back.
We tried looking for one more but we had to go to the ticket office so we left that one for another time. We got to the ticket office and tried getting tickets for the bleachers and they were sold out. My heart sank. She explained that it was an inter-league game and those go quick, it was a Friday and it was Ichiro jersey night. I had to pay $28 for four tickets. Thank god Derek paid for the other half. We got in the huge line and somehow snuck in with the group that was let in first. I wanted my jersey. We got in the blob of people and between the three of us, we got five jerseys. Now we had to wait for Doug to get here from the bus. He was coming down from Shoreline and got stuck in the traffic on I-5. While we waited, I was hungry and grabbed my Ivar's. The meal I always get when I come to Safeco.
Doug was almost here so we walked down to the entrance so mom could give him his ticket and his jersey. Derek and I waited by the gate.
Everyone was here and now mom needed food so we found the nearest burger place and ordered. She turned around and silently asked me what frites were. We were at a place called Hamburgers and Frites. I told her they were french fries in French. She told me not to laugh at her because she didn't know.
We walked up to our seats, relaxed and enjoyed the game against the Phillies.
We beat the Phillies 4-2 and it was a pretty good game. We walked back to the car and we had to take Doug back to Shoreline. We got to see his house and say hi to Spencer and Megan. We stopped at the 7-11 on the way out because I needed a Slurpee. We got home just after midnight. Great day for geocaching and baseball!
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