Now THAT's what I'm talking about...

Yesterday was a terrific day to be in Seattle! Near-record temps and gorgeous blue skies...a great day to drive with the top down and soak up the sun. I started the morning with a (much overdue) trip to the salon to get my highlights touched up, bushy brows waxed, and my toenails "did". YAY! I feel like a woman again...the people at my new office will probably be shocked tomorrow ("wow - she really DOES have some sense of style!") lol. I had been putting off all these things while we were saving money for the move...

After I got home from the salon, Steve and I decided to take the dogs out for walk at a nearby park. One side of the park borders Puget Sound, so you can walk down along the beach. The beach it's self is very rocky and full of driftwood, but it was beautiful and not as crowded as the sand beaches. The dogs had a blast! It occured to me that Luna had never seen a beach or large body of water before. In Colorado she had seen rivers, streams, and a few ponds and small lakes...but nothing like Puget Sound, with the waves, the ferry boats, etc. She found all sorts of interesting items to sniff and pee on...


After we dropped off the dogs at home, Steve got both our cars washed, and then we headed back out - this time to Alki Beach - to see the sunset. Apparently, at least 25,000 people had the same idea, because the beach drive was backed up for miles! It reminded me of my old high school days of "cruising" the beach for boys and checking out all the cool cars...of course, this time I was IN a cool car, and I already had the "boy" :)


As the sun set behind the Olympic Mountains on the west side of Puget Sound, it was once again clear WHY people are willing to live in a place where it rains 9 months out of the year, and why they had all trekked out to the beach and put up with the crazy crowds...simply GORGEOUS!