This weekend was quite a good weekend. On Friday, we were looking for something to do, so we went to a soccer game. Seattle is getting a team in Major League Soccer (MLS) next year, but the city currently has a team, the Seattle Sounders, that plays in the United Soccer Leagues, which is a more minor league. The weather was fantastic on Friday, so we decided to drive out to the game, which was about 20 minutes away. Tickets and parking cost $35 total and attendance for the game was 2,500. The seating area wasn't that big, though, so a good portion of the seats were taken. The game was fairly entertaining, especially in the second half, when the home team had several good scoring opportunities. Unfortunately, there were no goals in the game, which was a bit of a letdown, especially considering how well the Sounders played. We probably won't go to another game this year but are planning to go see the MLS team next year.

On Saturday, the weather was pretty nice, so we went on a nice long hike. We ended up hiking for about two-and-a-half hours. We walked by an old coal mine, which had been grated over. We also walked by a waterfall, which was pretty cool. We dipped our fingers in the water and it was pretty cold. The air around the waterfall was a lot cooler than elsewhere in the park. I could've kept hiking for a while longer, but it felt like good exercise afterward. That night, we went out to eat at a Thai place in Belltown. The weather was nice, so we ended up eating outside, which was pretty enjoyable, plus the food was very good. We also watched Gandhi that day, which was a very enthralling, educating, and inspiring film.

We didn't do a whole lot Sunday, but walked to a local hardware store to replace a lightbulb in the kitchen. Then we walked to nearby South Lake Union Park and just relaxed in the grass for more than an hour. I'm not big into sitting and relaxing, but it was nice to relax and see all the sailboats on Lake Union, airplanes landing on the lake, people walking along the water and relaxing at the park, and the pretty lake. Anyway, overall it was a pretty enjoyable weekend.