For our first day in Seattle Walker cooked breakfast and we made plans to head to the downtown area. He was trying to find clothes for his new job and I was just trying to shop. I suppose I wasn’t really in the mood for shopping though. We also walked down to the famous Public Market and by this time I was getting a bit cranky because I needed to eat lunch. We chose a Chinese place in the market area that had a great view of the water and the mountains even made an appearance.

Then we ventured out of downtown, up a few steep hills, to the REI so Walker could get a raincoat and officially fit in here in Seattle. The REI was crazy! It was surrounded by trees, had a mountain bike practice trail, a water feature, a fireplace inside and a climbing wall. I guess that’s what I should have expected of an REI in Seattle but I was surprised anyhow.

Walker did find a jacket and then we made our way back to the house since we were pooped from Walking all day. We took the bus some but we’ll have to get used to paying for public transportation being as how we both ride the bus for free in Austin.