We took advantage of the time to check out the Seattle Art Museum which we'd not been to before. They have an impressive an interesting collection spanning the whimsical, like these smiling clouds, to historical, like the Chicago iron elevator screen in front of the imagined Pacific Northwest scene behind it.

They also have a touring exhibition of Ai Weiwei's work (which was more varied then we expected). Including the cool, wooden Buckey ball (Helen declined the idea of building her own in her spare time).

We met Robert at his office Friday evening and he suggested we check out the Luke Wing Museum before they closed. That was another surprisingly fun and informative stop on this trip.

The next day, we enjoyed the fantastic weather by taking a stroll around campus before Sarah and I met up with Kelly and family for brunch. In the afternoon, we met Robert at his second summer job with the Cascades Frisbee team. This was their final game of the season and they are playing in a new-to-them stadium at Interbay. (Their old stadium is being demolished and rebuilt — work we know it needs). They won the game by 9 points over the Oregon Steele. Sadly though, the Cascades record was not good enough to get them into the playoffs this year.

That was a Saturday evening game — sunset was just before 9:00pm — so Robert wanted to sleep in the next day. Sarah and I enjoyed a walk through the campus; the mountain was just barely out before we snagged a car and headed to the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.

The next day, Monday, we started the baseball portion of the trip... But first (while Robert was working) Sarah and I tried out packrafts. They are super lightweight and are starting to get a pretty good reputation for whitewater boating (in addition to combining hiking and rafting — alpine lake anyone?).

Adam at Optimum Adventures was very helpful and accommodating in arranging for us to try out two models from Alpacka Raft. Because they are not intended for high pressure, inflation was pretty quick and easy with either a small, battery powered, electric pump or a bag pump (some newer models need a top off with a higher pressure pump). We were both blown away after inflating them when we picked them up for the carry to the Lake Washington beach: about 10 pounds!, almost nothing.

The next day, Tuesday, was the big day: Robert's 21^st!

He managed to get the afternoon off so we headed to his apartment where the ping pong table was shockingly free. No score that I recall from the volleying back and forth. We brought cupcakes and candles in addition to a few presents. Robert tried to explain the basics of Envelops of Cash, but we did not have time to try to play.