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Sounders Won the Battle, but not the War.

Last night we went to our first Seattle sports game. The Sounders had made whatever the soccer play-offs/world series are called, and were playing Real Salt Lake in game 2 of whatever play-off level they are in. Getting to the stadium was a complete nightmare, since it was raining (in Seattle?!) and right in the middle of post-work traffic. Also, it took us a good ten minutes to find the section we were sitting in because Seattle’s version of Soldier Field (the curiously spelled Qwest field) neglects to put up directions or maps of the seating.

The game was really fun, and most of the people watching were wearing the team colors and cheering. The Sounders scored two goals after half-time, but needed three to tie with Real Salt Lake and four to go on to the next round.

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It was cool to be there and feel like we were part of Seattle. The advertisers in the stadium were all Seattle companies, like Nordstrom, Top Pot Donuts, Snoqualmie Casino, etc.

The cats were not invited to the game, only because they are die hard Salt Lake fans because their Grandpa Greg and Great-Grandparents and Great-great-grandparents and back a few more generations are from the Beehive State. We didn’t want them to embarrass us by cheering for the other team.

We want to go to University of Utah! We want to go to University of Utah!

Earlier in the day I had driven all the way to Everett and back for work, and was pretty pleased with myself. I’ve driven three times since moving here, so scary enough that was an actual accomplishment for me.

Winter is definitely approaching. The snow level is down to 3,000 feet, which means the Olympics and Cascades are starting to white-cap. The volcanos are always covered with snow, since they apparently like to make themselves as deadly as possible. This means ski season is just around the corner.

Not a volcano. That we know of. Not a volcano. That we know of.

So not sure what we’re doing this weekend, hopefully something super exciting to blog about.