University of Washington (UW)

It's a rainy day today. Oh well, good, since I won't be able to bike today with a flat tire. But I do want to get it fixed, so after coming back from our grocery shopping, I pestered CH to visit the bike store nearby. He finally obliged after the rain decreased to a drizzle.

On the way to the store, we chanced upon a bike race.


This is the same store we came the last time looking for bikes, and I complained of bad service. However today we were frequently approached by the staff if we needed help. Wow, what a big difference. We got some spare tubes, a folding basket that can be hung on the side of the bike for groceries, and a used tire that costs $7. During check-out, the cashier actually gave the tire free to us. "On the house", he says. We were somewhat elated about it.

Since the sun had not set yet, we decided to explore University of Washington campus for cherry blossoms. Yap, Japan actually gave Seattle 1000 cherry trees in 1976, some of it can be found in UW, the abbreviated form for this campus, frequently referred to as "U-dub" by the locals.

We were pretty surprised to find architectural buildings among the many cherry trees. It has a rustic feel to it, I think I'd like this place. Pity we do not know the names of these buildings.