There are lots of great things to do around Seattle (see <A HREF="http://www.cyberspace.com/bobk/home.html">The Emerald Web</A> or <A HREF="http://useattle.uspan.com/">U/Seattle</A>, or <A HREF="http://family.starwave.com/local/calendars/Seattle/index.html">Seattle's Child On-line</A> for <a href="http://www.familyweb.com/faqs/">kid</a> stuff) and great <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/">parks</a> to visit when it isn't <a href="http://www.intellicast.com/weather/sea/#fourday">raining</a>. Seattle has great resources on the web for checking <A HREF="http://transit.metrokc.gov>bus routes</a> <A HREF="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/northwest/NWFLOW/">traffic</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.atmos.washington.edu/">weather</A>.  There is even a <A HREF="http://transit.metrokc.gov/bus/area_maps/seattle_cbd.html">map of downtown Seattle</A> that I always check before heading downtown.  <h3>
