Sunday in Seattle

After another enormous breakfast, mom decided it was too soon to go swimming again, so we went out instead.

It appears that instead of going to church on Sunday mornings, people in Seattle all go to REI. REI is an outdoor adventure kind of store, like MEC in Vancouver, but bigger.

Outside there are trails to try out mountain bikes, there's a huge climbing wall inside the store, more like a mountain - apparently there are great views from the top, but I didn't climb it, there are trails to try out hiking boots.....even a kids play area. We did play there for a while, but we had more fun trying on helmets and testing out tents

On our way back to the car we got a bit distracted by a skateboard/snowboard shop, but dad was vetoed from visiting the Kurzweil store. We need a reason to come back again, right?

Our journey back to Vancouver took a really long time, because mom wanted us to fully experience the American shopping experience. This meant stopping at KMart, Target, Walmart and other cheap and cheerful places. The car was pretty full by the time we crossed the border. We got new Techdecks, a GPS so dad could find the way home, a load of cheap cheese and milk, and some stuff you can't even get in Canada, like chocolate cheerios. Yum.

By staying away 48 hours we could have taken $800 of stuff duty free back into Canada. Our haul didn't even come close, much to dad's disappointment. He still wanted that HDTV!