Miles 4056-4056: Seattle
Yesterday morning, I woke up at 7:50 here and the FIFA Women’s World Cup final started at 8. I’m not really a soccer person (don’t kill me, Ellie!), but that was a really entertaining game to watch. It was so great that Rose Lavelle scored when she’s only 24. After the game, Dad went on a run and then Mom and I went as well when he got back. We ran three miles total down to the University of Washington. After everyone showered and got ready, we walked to the bus station and rode it down to the Pike Place Market. We ate lunch at Ben Paris outside the market and I got a ham, cheese, and onion pie. When we went inside, I knew the market was going to be big, but this took up about eight blocks and was six stories!! There was everything from restaurants to florists to jewelry stalls to the very first Starbucks!! We got to see the famous fish-throwing at the fishmongers. I didn’t manage to get a video, but my dad did: @cameronleefarmer on Instagram. There were some really huge fish.
After exploring a little bit, we got donuts at Daily Dozen Donut Company. They were small, but we got a dozen and each got three. There were cinnamon sugar, chocolate iced, and powdered sugar ones and they were all delicious. We then took an Uber to the Ballard Locks, which are like the locks on the Panama Canal. Locks are ways for boats to get from a higher level of water down to a lower level and vice versa without going up or over a waterfall. They’re really interesting to watch in action.
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