Random happenings

This weekend was pretty jammed pack with interesting events and happenings. This weekend we've had record-breaking temperatures here in Seattle for this time of the year. And actually rarely do we have weather that warm. I believe it reached 90. Of course Rachael and I had planned a hike for Saturday before we realized how warm it was going to be but we went anyways. It was a trail near Bellevue and it was an old mining area so it had a lot of interesting things along the way. It was just 3 miles one way so a total of 6 miles, but when you add a backpack, 90 degree heat and a thick forest that combined with the humidity feels like it's suffocating you - fun wasn't a word i would use to describe our adventures. Haha. It was lovely on the way up but on the way back it started to get a little unbearable. I felt nauseous after we got back to the car from the heat. But looking back I'm glad we went. I got some good experience with my backpack and got to see some interesting things.

After hiking I went to my softball game and that day we only had one game as opposed to our previous games which have been doubleheaders. I play for my church, Mars Hill (the Ballard campus), and I play on the Saturday Co-Ed team. It's really fun and it's been really nice getting to know new people. Plus I just love to play softball so that's probably the best part of course. Here is our team logo on our shirts. 

Well, I'd better go. I'm at Zoka's on Greenlake and am here attempting to draw five new maps for the book I'm working on for my client. It's a Sicilian Wineries guide book. Kind of a crazy deadline and here I am blogging and music surfing. Fairly typical.