Blogs from Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 79

1st Stop North America » United States » Washington » Seattle By sabbytravelersApril 20th 2007 Our train loop allows travelers to get off 3 times in a trip. Our first stop was Seattle where we visited Pike Place, toured the underground and walked a lot! We also rented a car and drove north to the San Juan Islands for 2 days. It was extraordinarily similar to Maine with spectacular views in every direction. The cottage we rented was just 40 feet from the water and overlooked a tranquil little island, with British Columbia off on the horizon. Before leaving the mainland we passed thro... read more

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Untitled It's finally here, 5 days before we begin our adventure around the world! For many of you, you have heard about this for years. After much dreaming and planning we are ready to go! The last days are filled with detail excitement and needless to say some worrying. Throughout these next five months we will try to keep you as informed as possible and somehow keep our little world with us. Everytime we add an entry you will be sent an email and a link that will bring you to wherever we are in the world. A quick rundown of our itinerary. Japan for the first week of April, on to Hong Kong for the second. By April 11 we will be in Thailand, April 21 on to Burma. Around May 5 we will be ... read more

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to go on a cross-country road trip. My love for the open road began when I was young. As a child of the ‘70s, growing up in Los Angeles, my dad would pile the family into our 1970 blue Ford Torino (and later in the big bad Buick, which rode like a marshmallow) and we’d take off to Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Lake Tahoe, the Central Coast of California, San Francisco, Las Vegas, wherever. I’m now living my dream and am on a three-week road trip from Seattle to Savannah and back. The goal is to hit as many states as possible, see cool stuff, be awed by nature, and visit great works of architecture. My fabulous friend Cathy and fellow road warrior is on ... read more

We eventually hobbled into South Dakota after two and a half days of driving and then straight to Walmart to get our driver’s side rear tyre replaced. After this slight setback we went to the famous Mt Rushmore to have a look at four of the president’s heads which are carved in stone in the Black Hills of South Dakota. After our initial shock that George Bush Snr or George Bush Jnr weren’t included we got down to some sight seeing. There wasn’t much to see other than the mountain. The presidents that make up Mt Rushmore are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It is a very impressive American landmark and was probably just about worth the two and a half days drive. On our way out of South Dakota we stopped ... read more