Tuesday, August 24, Ashley and I set out the day again to explore this beautiful city. I told her we could do whatever she wanted to do but from the get go, she had one goal for this trip: conquer Mount Si. DEAL, I am IN. So, we decided that after we'd recovered from the weekend, Tuesday would be the perfect day for such a quest. We had breakfast (and let me just say: thank GOD Ashley was convinced to eat after watching me eat a bowl of cereal otherwise she would have died on the hike), packed up some snacks, and headed out. We had a PERFECT day. Since it was not a weekend, there was really no one on the trail and it was absolutely gorgeous weather.
Almost to the top, looking at the cascade mountains.
Both of us at the top...we made it!
And an absolutely amazing view of Rainier at the top where we stopped to snack and rest. I'm SO glad that we had such a good day for this hike so that Ashley could see the views. It's really not too exciting when you can't see anything... although it's always a great workout.
Once we got back to my car, we found that a bird had some fun. Yuck.
Right after Si, we changed into non-hiking clothes and headed straight to the perfect after-hike activity: a winery. Well, perhaps it blows the workout but who cares, wineries and wine tastings are FUN! We went to Chateau St Michelle because they make one of the wines that Ashley used to sell (and loved) when she was working as a bartender. The above is one of the buildings at the winery- gorgeous grounds.
Ashley outside of the tasting room.
And getting ready to taste... I think we paid $10 each and as a result we got to taste all 8 wines. 4 reds, 4 whites. By the end, we had a guy who was just giving us double tastes of each so it ended up being a great deal. Oh, and he gave us HUGE pours. It's too bad we had other things to do otherwise we could have really done some damage on that wine. I actually liked the chardonnay that we tasted best. The other whites were too sweet and the reds were just kind of gross. Surprising because I generally like the Chateau's wines (and usually don't like whites at all) but I think the tasting that day was a segment of their wines that I wasn't too familiar with and don't usually drink.
MMMM, yummy! Was so fun. Right after we tasted, we headed straight to whole foods to get a bunch of goodies (bread, sushi, cheeses, grapes...basically the best little finger foods ever) for our activity we had planned that night....
Meeting Justin for the
Bellevue outdoor movie. The city of
Bellevue (along with many other cities in the Seattle area) have outdoor movie nights during the summer which are free to go to... and are quite awesome, I might add. Justin and I had been a couple of times and when we found out the movie that Tuesday night was Harry Potter, we were in (Ashley loves Harry Potter). So we packed up big blankets and took our food and buckled down for the movie night. Perfect weather, too, I might add.
Our spread of food... after hiking and several glasses of wine, Ashley and I pretty much bought everything in Whole Foods.
A shot of Miss Ashley as we were snacking and waiting on the movie to start. All in all, another perfect day!
Almost to the top, looking at the cascade mountains.
Both of us at the top...we made it!
And an absolutely amazing view of Rainier at the top where we stopped to snack and rest. I'm SO glad that we had such a good day for this hike so that Ashley could see the views. It's really not too exciting when you can't see anything... although it's always a great workout.
Right after Si, we changed into non-hiking clothes and headed straight to the perfect after-hike activity: a winery. Well, perhaps it blows the workout but who cares, wineries and wine tastings are FUN! We went to Chateau St Michelle because they make one of the wines that Ashley used to sell (and loved) when she was working as a bartender. The above is one of the buildings at the winery- gorgeous grounds.
Ashley outside of the tasting room.
And getting ready to taste... I think we paid $10 each and as a result we got to taste all 8 wines. 4 reds, 4 whites. By the end, we had a guy who was just giving us double tastes of each so it ended up being a great deal. Oh, and he gave us HUGE pours. It's too bad we had other things to do otherwise we could have really done some damage on that wine. I actually liked the chardonnay that we tasted best. The other whites were too sweet and the reds were just kind of gross. Surprising because I generally like the Chateau's wines (and usually don't like whites at all) but I think the tasting that day was a segment of their wines that I wasn't too familiar with and don't usually drink.
MMMM, yummy! Was so fun. Right after we tasted, we headed straight to whole foods to get a bunch of goodies (bread, sushi, cheeses, grapes...basically the best little finger foods ever) for our activity we had planned that night....
Meeting Justin for the Bellevue outdoor movie. The city of Bellevue (along with many other cities in the Seattle area) have outdoor movie nights during the summer which are free to go to... and are quite awesome, I might add. Justin and I had been a couple of times and when we found out the movie that Tuesday night was Harry Potter, we were in (Ashley loves Harry Potter). So we packed up big blankets and took our food and buckled down for the movie night. Perfect weather, too, I might add.
Our spread of food... after hiking and several glasses of wine, Ashley and I pretty much bought everything in Whole Foods.
A shot of Miss Ashley as we were snacking and waiting on the movie to start. All in all, another perfect day! 
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