This morning it looked like it would be quite chilly today, which turned out NOT to be the case, but we dressed that way, and paid for it all day (except for Robert, ever the pragmatist!
We started the morning by riding the Maxx (Public Elevated Train) down to the Saturday Market, a weekly artsy/bohemian gathering of folks who sold things from pottery to duct tape wallets to panoramic pictures to handmade clothing. There was an Irish band playing in the background and we enjoyed ourselves immensely!!
We took the Maxx to Pioneer Square (the center of th downtown district) and walked around for a while (we ran into a proselytizing group of primmitive baptists singing acappella), then out to Washington Park, which is home to the zoo, an arboretum, a rose garden, a Japanese garden, and a few other things to boot. Johnny and I stayed there, and took a train from the zoo up to the Rose Garden and Japanese Garden, then back to the Zoo for some Nathan and Lily shopping at the gift shop. Meanwhile, Robert and Brian headed back into downtown (they had had their fill of beautiful scenery!) and spent some time sightseeing there.
We drove into Washington (so everyone could say we had been there) and were disappointed that there was no welcome center to feed his pamphlet addiction.
This evening we went with my friend Ike Graul to the Hawthorn district, which is a historical neighborhood with great shops and restaurants and ate at the Baghdad Theater (made famous in Donald Miller’s books) -- and the boys got their first taste of Marion berries (we had cobbler and ice cream) -- hmm, hmm, good!
Tomorrow morning we are all going to Church (actually several Churches) -- Trinity Cathedral, Imago Dei and PUMP Church of Christ (more on that later). Then we will hit the road and end up somehwere in Eastern Idaho tomorrow evening.
Presently Johnny and Robert are having a dueling banjo (snoring) competition, and I need to go clean our bathroom here at the PUMP house. Hope that you have a GREAT Sunday, and pray for us as we begin the journey home!
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