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The motel we are staying in here in Everett is by everyone's count much nicer than the one we stayed in in Boise. This morning we went to breakfast and found they had a full range of foods available. I had a hard-boiled egg, some oatmeal, a peach-flavored yogurt, and a drink of orange juice.
After we ate breakfast and got ready for the day, we went over to Camilla's apartment to plan the rest of the day. It had been raining and was overcast, with clearing later in the day, but we never did see any actual rain. Meghan took a bag of dirty clothes to launder in Camilla's washer and dryer. First, before going to Camilla's, we went looking for a post office. We found the one Camilla directed us to, but it is not open on Saturdays. So we went to Camilla's.
We left after a little while and went to downtown Everett to find the main post office. It was open. Then Camilla took us to a petting zoo, followed by a scenic tour through parts of Everett and Mukilteo because we were lost. We saw the Puget Sound, our first view of the Pacific Ocean on this trip. We also saw the Boeing plant where they make airplanes. It is supposed to be the biggest building ever built. We then drove to the Great Harvest bakery, bought sandwiches for lunch, and took them back to Chris and Camilla's apartment to eat. In the afternoon we went to the very interesting Future of Travel museum out by the Boeing plant in Mukilteo.
We returned to the apartment, and Chris made us spaghetti for supper. We also watched a DVD of the movie Second-Hand Lion, a touching story of a young boy who gets left with two old uncles who live on a remote farm in Texas or somewhere and who are reportedly very rich. I had seen the movie once before, also when we were on a family trip, the time when Talmage and Louise, Chris and Camilla, and Paul and Eliza went with Mom and me to Nauvoo more than a year ago.
After the movie ended, Chris, Camilla, and Sam went with us over to our Best Western motel, and everyone except Chris and I went swimming. Sam, who apparently had not been swimming in a very long time, seemed to particularly enjoy it.
It had been a pleasant day. We heard from Shauna, who arrived safely home from Boise and rescued the twins from Grandma Claudia. And we heard from Grandma, who had just been talking with Eliza in Georgia. This afternoon Eliza and Paul found a place to live, and they bought a new computer and printer and accompanying software. It sounds like a good day for everyone.
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