After a stop at the hotel’s breakfast, we drove out to Woodland Park Zoo, which was only about 10 minutes away. It was a pretty nice layout, with all types of animals – giraffes, monkeys, gorillas, lions, etc. We had a quick lunch of chili at the zoo’s food pavilion, and then drove a few blocks down to meet Amber in Fremont. We walked down to a coffee shop and sat outside on a seat of rocks with our mochas. Then we headed down to the locks and watched a ton of boats being lined up waiting for the water to rise. After driving around a bit, we headed to Ballard and went to a cool bar for a few drinks. It was now dinnertime, so we went to a mexican place called Oaxaca. One last stop was at a unique Seattle shop, Cupcake Royale, where we finished our “outskirts of the city” tour with Amber with a few tasty cupcakes.

Our itenirary today will be mostly drive time as we venture north towards Qualicum Beach which is located on Vancouver Island.