When we visited Seattle two years ago, we saw advertisements for the annual Seattle Cheese Festival, which was planned for sometime after our flight back to Texas. We were disappointed that we would have to miss such an event, since we both love cheese. So, when we heard of the cheese festival again this year, we were eager to attend. Since the weather was forecast to be sunny, we knew there would be a lot of people out and we wanted to get there early before it got too crowded. We weren't totally successful, though, as it was 11:45 when we got there and the place was really crowded. It was also really hot, especially under the sun. The high temperature for the day set a new record at 88 degrees, but it felt hotter than that with the heat reflecting from the concrete.

There were a lot of different kinds of cheese, both from local companies and from other countries. We were able to fight through the crowd to try a few samples of cheese, which we enjoyed. It was just too busy, though, for us to be able to stop by all the booths. We had planned to buy some cheese, but after standing in line for 5 minutes without moving, we gave up and decided to just buy some cheese at the store. Still, we had fun, though it was a little disappointing that it was so busy and the heat made it so uncomfortable. I'm looking forward to our next trip to the store so that we can buy some cheese.