We're home!

The first picture shows me with no fear, finishing the canopy walk. I'm happy because we're nearly at the end. The next picture shows us after completing the canopy walk, but we havent yet begun the hike down the mountain. Please note my fabulous hiking shoes!

Today Raymond and I had an adventure riding metro. The plan was to ride the bus to and from Savannah's school as a test run. Beginning Monday Raymond is going to pick Savannah up from school using Metro, until he gets his driver's license.

We left the house at 1:30 to walk to the bus stop. We arrived early because last week when we attempted this we missed the bus. The bus came about 10 minutes sooner than I expected........but no problem we were ready to go. We're riding along and I start to think something isnt quite right. We seem to be traveling farther south. Once we pass Foster High School in Tukwila I decide to ask the bus driver where the bus is going. SOUTHCENTER! Not good! For a second I contemplated continuing to the mall and doing some shopping. We got off the bus at the next stop and crossed the street to catch the bus going in the opposite direction. As it was Sunday, the bus route was only scheduled for 1 time per hour, and of course we had about an hour to wait for the next bus. It was quite breezy at the stop so we decided to walk along the bus route to stay warm.

Eventually the bus arrived and we boarded. As we're sitting on the bus, I put my arm around Raymond and kind of zoned out a bit until we approaching our ORIGINAL bus stop near our home. As I was about to point the stop out to Raymond, I realized my arm that was over Ray's shoulder was stuck in between a metal safety bar and the top of the seat. The seat is a very hard plastic with no "give". Close to panicking, I discretely got Ray's attention and he directed me in how to twist and turn my arm out of the predicament. Could you imagine if my arm was still stuck when it time to exit the bus? Embarrassing!!! We finally arrive at 16th and Roxbury, our 1st stop. At the most it was about a 10 minute bus ride from our house to 16th and Roxbury, but we'd been out of the house for over 2 hours now. Then we proceeded to a bus stop a block away and had to wait 30 minutes for the next bus. By this time Raymond was pretty much turned around, confused, and tried to board the next bus that stopped, which wasnt the one we needed. Anyway, we finally arrived at Savannah's school and then took the bus route back home. Eight dollars and 5 hours later we were back at home. Raymond is on his own tomorrow! I'm done with riding the bus!