staycation

Last weekend was Veteran's day holiday and we took advantage of the day off to explore the city a bit! It was a bit exhausting cuz we packed so much stuff in, but it was also super fun.

On Saturday, we went to the new Burke Museum of Natural History at UW. They have a ton of animal bones to check out, and then we walked over to UDistrict for some super yummy eats at Taste of Xian and Sweet Alchemy.

On Sunday, we took a trail ride near Snoqualamie. The Palouse to Cascades trail is over 100 miles long so we only did a small small section of it (9 miles r/t!). It was a lot muddier than we expected and soooo bumpy for me on my road bike but the kids mostly enjoyed it. After we worked up a hefty appetite, we went to Feast Buffet for dinner. It was our first time there and it was like a Vegas buffet - a GINORMOUS spread that included crab, lobster, sushi etc. The dessert station was especially good and the kids loved the cotton candy station and the build-your-own shaved ice stations.

On Monday, we drove down to Tacoma to check out the new aquarium that opened at the zoo there. We always enjoy that little zoo - it's not terribly crowded and having the aquarium breaks up the monotomy of what types of animals you see. We topped the day off with dinner at a super cute little neighborhood Italian restaurant that was really good.

All-in-all, a fantastic holiday weekend!

Dinosaurs!

That's a jaquar skull, and the lady in the back in cleaning the hide so they can dry it!
Tons of real life work/research going on at this museum to check out.