Both Troy and I took Monday, Wednesday, and Friday off work, so it was nice to be able to sleep in on the third day of David and Karen's visit. We'd stayed up late the night before, so we slept in until abound 10. The weather wasn't as good Monday as the previous two days and it was drizzly and cloudy. We decided to walk to Whole Foods to get some snacks for our trip to Mount Rainier. Afterward, we dropped the food off at the apartment and went to Denny Park. We rode the zip line for fun at the park and then took the bus into downtown.

The next stop was Pike Place Market. We went to the gum wall, which we'd actually never been to before. It was a little gross, but neat looking I guess. Then we saw the guys throwing the fish and walked through the market shops. We got half a dozen fresh powdered donuts from Daily Dozen Doughnut. Wow, they were so good, probably some of the best donuts I've ever had after Top Pot. We'd had the cinnamon sugar before and they were good too. There's a neat slideshow about the donuts on the Seattle PI online. We walked around some more and stopped for some free samples of tea, including chrysanthemum tea, at Vital Tea Leaf near the market.

It was time for lunch, so we all got different things. I got some of the Beecher's mac and cheese, Troy got some taco's at Gary's Tex-Mex Snack Shack, and David and Karen had chowder at Pike Place Chowder. I shared my mac and cheese with David and Karen and they said it was the best they'd ever had. After lunch, we explored the market more and bought some Rainier cherries and a "Holy Shit" peach.

After the market we took the bus back to the apartment to put our fruit away. Then we went to Seward Park and walked on the perimeter trail, which is about a 2.5 mile walk. It was nice and quiet on the trail and being Monday, wasn't too crowded. David thinks he may have seen the Sounders goalie, Kasey Keller, pass us on the trail, but he wasn't 100% certain.

Then we drove through Lakeview Cemetery trying to find Bruce Lee's grave, but were unsuccessful. We ate at Taste of India for dinner, then drove through the University District. I pointed out an apartment building called the Lothlorien Apartments because Lothlorien is a location in Lord of the Rings and David and Karen are huge fans of LOTR like me. We also stopped at Walgreen's to get some milk to eat with our oreos at home.

David, Troy, and I played several Mario Kart 64 races when we got home. It's one of mine and David's favorite games, so it was fun to have another person to play with. We even ran a grand prix race of Toad's Turnpike on backwards mode where all the other vehicles are going the opposite direction we were. It was difficult, but a lot of fun.