Location: Centennial Park, Seattle
Date: October 9th, 2018
Activity: Stroll and Beach Exploration
Sieh got to visit Elliot Bay for the first time! Leeloo has been on the Centennial Park waterfront trail a few times, but now she got to go with her brother which was even more fun!
To get there, we rode on the bus, which was a first for the kids to do in the stroller.
Tio Jamie lives in Belltown, so we went to his place and waited outside for him to join us. While we were waiting, a nice person stopped to ask us about cat strollers, and it sounds like they’re going to get one for their cat! That’s a victory in our mission here at Camp Like Noodle!
We walked down to the waterfront trail, and headed for the beaches. Leeloo was afraid of the big freight trains, but Sieh was brave and let her hide behind him. We don’t know why Leeloo is so afraid of transportation, but suspect it may have to do with something that happened to her before she was rescued. We’ll definitely be working on it so that she doesn’t have to feel afraid!
Leeloo was still too nervous about the trains and other industrial sounds to enjoy the first beach that we got to, so she hung out in the stroller while Sieh explored. (I wish we had gotten a picture of the dogwalker who stopped and was absolutely ENTHRALLED by Leeloo. She even held her! We meet such nice people on our adventures.)
This seagull was hoping that the kids had some snacks to share. My kids are not the snack-sharing type.
The beach is extra fun with tio Jamie!
By the time we reached Leeloo’s favourite beach, we were far enough from the scary sounds for her to relax and really have a good time. She was so excited!
There were so many rocks to climb on,
and holes to investigate,
and sometimes you get told “no” and have to be grumpy about it.
Leeloo even managed to get stuck to the blackberries.
The sandy beach is so much fun!
After we played at the beach for a while, we headed up to the Belltown Mud Bay. The staff here are so friendly, and the kids had fun climbing around on stuff, and they even got some freeze-dried chicken.
All in all a very lovely afternoon out!
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