Seattle, Washington

While we were in Washington, we made a trip to Seattle. I had not been there since I was six and my parents took the family to the World’s Fair; Dan had actually lived in Seattle briefly back in the 1960’s. So, we were both looking forward to touring the area again. As an added incentive, one of my daughters now lives in West Seattle, so there was much to do while there. We arrived on a Thursday morning and checked into our hotel room. We were situated within walking distance to everything we wanted to do, and never drove the truck again until we left on Friday afternoon. On Thursday, we visited the Space Needle and rode up to the top. Although I had done this when I was six, I had no memory of it, so it was like the very first time. Although high rise buildings have since dwarfed the Space Needle, it is still a pretty unique structure. Later, we walked downtown and found a very cool kitchen wares store, went to the 7th floor of a seven store Macy’s, and walked all over downtown Seattle. That night we attended a Mariners baseball came at Safeco Park, where Dan caught the homerun ball that won the game – for the Orioles! You can bet that caused some controversy in the stands! On Friday we walked to Pike Place Market, which is a very fun place to spend a morning. It is a giant Farmer’s Market with vegetable stands, art work, coffee shops, restaurants, flower stands, jewelry, and so much more. It has three or four levels, stairs everywhere, street performers at every turn, all set on Puget Sound. After we were done there, we drove to my daughters house where we picked up my seven-year-old granddaughter and brought her back home with us for the weekend.

We have wrapped up our time in Washington. Tomorrow we are on the road again, driving to Alaska via Canada!