Keeping a Promise.

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May, 2008:

OK, so it takes nearly 30 years for some things that are promised to actually be honored but that's what happened this weekend. Robin and I had the opportunity over this Memorial Day weekend to do a unique 'power-weekend' trip and visit family for a short time.

Saturday saw us getting off work and heading to the airport where we left on a flight through Seattle to Spokane, WA. Since we didn't arrive till nearly midnight, we chose to spend the night in a familiar hotel in downtown Spokane (they have a free shuttle and we don't have to bother anyone for a ride at the late hour).

Sunday morning we we're picked up by my brother Paul and went to my aunt & uncle's house where we proceeded to have a wonderful time watching the Indy 500 and enjoying a barbecued steak meal with corn-on-the-cob and baked potatoes that simply 'couldn't be beat'!! 

After the meal, we whisked mom off and back to the airport we went. This event was a good surprise for mom; she knew we'd arranged for an overnight stay at a hotel for her, but didn't know that the hotel was in Seattle :)

We arrived in Seattle in the late evening, grabbed a cab to the hotel and rested and visited after an absolutely awesome dining experience consisting of soup and appetizers from the hotel's restaurant. (I wholeheartedly recommend the Mayflower Park Hotel and Andaluca's Restaurant!)

Monday morning we spent a leisurely couple of hours in the hotel room, got a breakfast snack from a nearby Starbuck's (imagine that!?!?!) and then headed across the hotel lobby, into the Westlake Mall and straight to the Monorail station for the short ride across town to the Space Needle.

We were joined at the Sky City Restaurant in the Space Needle by our daughter Cora and her friend Jami and we proceeded to have an outstanding meal while slowly rotating around taking in the scenery. It was, as usual (snicker), a clear and sunny day in Seattle ... Robin does that to this place :)

After a wonderful dinner full of fine flavors, great fellowship, and some extravagant Co2 based dessert, we said goodbye to the younger girls and headed back to the airport where we sent mom back to Spokane and we caught a flight to Denver 25 minutes later.

We left clear skies and sunshine in Seattle for 45 degrees of overcast, wind and drizzle back in Colorado ... huh??

The first time I'd experienced dining at the Needle was around 30 years ago, and I made a promise to mom that someday I'd take her there for the experience. Well, life does get in the way some times and it sure did for me. But -finally- I got to honor the promise and make good on the deal.

Sometimes you have to wait for the good stuff.