vacation day 8

alrighty, day 8.
when i asked my dad which i should go to, rainier or st. helen's, he said northwest trek. not exactly what i asked him, but that's ok. he said it was the thing he most enjoyed. it's a wildlife park where you ride around in a tram and all the animals are running (well, mostly just standing) wild. there are also enclosures where you can see more animals.
except when you can't.
we (cocoa, the dairy princess, goose cousin, and i) started out by going on the tram. very cool. except that i wasn't allowed to pet the buffalos. and they were right there outside the open windows! i also was not allowed to take one home. it made me sad.

after that we went to see the other animals, but very shortly after we started on our way, we were informed that they were closing the park. the winds were too high, so with all the trees and whatnot it was getting dangerous. one (small) branch actually came close to hitting cocoa in the head. and as we drove home a big branch almost fell on a truck in front of us. and one time there, a branch fell on a moose's head and killed it. so i spose it was better to not die than to look at animals.

that afternoon then, since we now had no plans, we ended up watching rotk. and so we managed to watch the whole of lotr. :) (though it had been forever since i had watched the 'short' versions. there was so much cut out!) cocoa and the dairy princess were happy to have seen it with me, since i could fill them in on stuff that wasn't in there or help clear up some things that were. and of course, i love watching it with newbies. (though i'm scared i may give them too much information and overwhelm them.)

that evening, cocoa, the dairy princess, bobo, and i went to the mariners game. sadly, they were not playing the twins, but it was fun anyway. it's a great stadium and i love the way it fits in with its surroundings. i taste-tested a hotdog (better by far than kc, but what isn't? couldn't quite decide if it came before or after cws - thinking before), and got a helmet sundae, so i got a helmet dish (someday i want all 30 - right now i'm at 3). good times.