Visiting the Campus of U Dub

Katie's Kitchen table and chairs

This morning we returned to Katie's apartment to assemble the furniture we purchased from IKEA the yesterday.  This took us until lunch time.  We went to Northgate Mall for lunch in the food court and then more shopping to help Katie get situated in her new apartment.  Once we delivered her new purchases to her apartment, we then returned to our hotel room situated on the outskirts of the University of Washington campus.  We walked to campus from the hotel via a bike trail that runs throughout the area.  One thing you need to know about the U Dub campus is that it is on a hill and all paths leading to the campus are up hill and very steep.  Once on campus we worked our way through a variety of malls (this campus has more than one) and located the university bookstore to purchase the requisite t-shirt or jersey.  Once we located merchandise to our liking and not too harsh on the wallet (not an easy task) we headed to the area of campus where Katie will be working as a post-doc for Professor Daniel Gamelin.

Fountain with Chemistry Building off to the right.

I must say this campus is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen and I have visited plenty of campuses with my three children as they tried to figure out where to go to school.  As we approach the area where the chemistry building is we traverse across a large brick courtyard with a variety of buildings and a very interesting tower structure with 3 brick towers arranged in a triangle.  As one leaves this courtyard to the south, you find yourself at the top of a series of steps lined with trees leading down to a large fountain and off in the distance you can see the peak of Mt. Rainier.  Once we are at the edge of the fountain Katie points to the building to the right and informs us that it is the chemistry building.  Given that the perimeter of the fountain is lined with rose gardens, Amy points out that Katie's new place of work has views of a water fountain, rose garden and Mt. Rainier.  Not too shabby.