Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 3

What a wonderful hotel. The rooms were suite rooms with a complete kitchen. We all had a much needed great night of sleep. Our hotel didn’t provide breakfast so we found the “best breakfast in Yakima” at Mel’s Diner. It was a cute place with old car pictures and memorabilia from the 50’s and 60’s. They had backs of old cars that had a bench seat in the. Plus it was a great breakfast!! Following breakfast we headed to Walmart for an oil change and a chance to restock our cooler. Since we left home we have driven 3,849 miles…..all driven by Terry. As we were driving from Yakima to Seattle we notice barren land on both sides of the road. We couldn’t figure it out until we saw a sign “Military Area”. We drove around ... read more

My spouse Jeff was invited to referee a diving meet in Federal Way, south of Seattle. As airfares were reasonable, I decided to tag along and enjoy a long weekend in the area. Incidentally, this was the same meet I followed Jeff to two years ago. Jeff arrived a few days before I did. Revisiting a One-of-a-Kind Museum I arrived in Federal Way mid-morning on Friday, February 28th. I decided to remain in the Federal Way vicinity that day as I wanted to revisit the amazing Pacific Bonsai Museumnearby. After checking in at the hotel, I consulted my Apple Maps app for directions for the three mile walk to the museum. When I did this walk two years ago, I walked through a slightly iffy area, and so I felt relieved when the app suggested a ... read more

This morning we aimed to wake up at 7am, buuut we may have accidentally fallen back asleep until about 8am when we heard a knock at the door with our breakfast! We had filled out an order form the night before, and the basket outside was full of bagels, fruit, condiments, coffee for me, and hot chocolate for Adam. We had breakfast in bed and then slowwwwwly got ready to leave. We only booked the one night in San Francisco due to the price, so today we travelled all the way back to the airport, and hopped on yet another flight, this time to Seattle. Don’t get me wrong, I did like San Fran. It had a strong Melbourne vibe except more snazzy, and it’s one of the least cold places we’ll go. But I can’t ... read more

We all slept in a little with nothing planned for the morning. Tom didn't feel like breakfast (!!!) so stayed at the hotel while Jeff, Graeme and I went in search of food. Not much was open Sunday morning but we eventually found a nice bakery that was open and grabbed a bite to eat. We had seen people arriving early for the Football game and setting up cabanas in the carparks, getting BBQs out, and setting up TVs. We dropped in a on one to ask what they were doing and were immediately offered a beer (before 10am) and some BBQ chicken - well it would have rude to say No, wouldn't it? It's called "Tail Gating." Groups of friends turn up together, everyone brings food and drinks to share, they set up Tvs, BBQ ... read more

Heute ist nicht viel passiert. Nach dem Frühstück habe ich bald das Hotel verlassen. In Portland habe ich ja nicht das Valet-Parking beansprucht, sondern gegenüber im Parkhaus geparkt. Hier in den USA ist es oft so, dass man nicht an einem Kassenautomaten, sondern an der Schranke mit Kreditkarte zahlen kann. Dann bin ich die knapp 300 Kilometer nach Seattle gefahren. Man hätte entweder an der Küste entlang fahren oder das Mount St. Helens Denkmal besichtigen können, aber zu beidem hatte ich keine Lust. Statt dessen bin ich mit einem Zwischenstopp direkt zu meinem Ziel gefahren und habe das Hotel schnell gefunden. Dort habe ich so dies und das gemacht. Später habe ich im Hotelrestaurant eine Entenbrust gegessen und jetzt kucke ich wieder das einseitige Programm von CNN, nachdem ich schon die heutige Tagesschau im Internet gesehen ... read more