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Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Anchorage...Civilization!
Good morning! Laurie's still sleeping the day away, so I thought I would update this labor of love...I mean, blog to let you know how Alaska is going. We are about 10 miles north of Anchorage right now and we are camping near eagle River. Supposedly it is full of salmon, but you can't fish because this portion of the river is closed already. They take their salmon fishing seriously around here.
We arrived here 2 days ago, but before that, we are parked by another river, just south of Talkeetna, where we did some fishing. We bought a 3 day fishing license and 3 days worth of King Salmon stamps so we could catch the big one! We got down to the river at 9:15am and Joe caught his first salmon by 10am. You can only keep one salmon per day, with a maximum of 5 for the season. Well, that his one for the day. It was a nice one too! He took it back to the camp and filleted it and I went back and grilled a couple fillets for lunch. I didn't catch anything that morning and decided to stop fishing for the day because it was rainy and cold. Plus, there were 50 other people out fishing on the bank right next to me. That night, we met up with the people that run the company that rents out Joe and Jan's cabin in North Carolina. (Johnny, Dena and their son Ross and his friend Connor.) They have some property in Talkeetna, and were up here on vacation also. We had a good dinner in Talkeetna at a place that has huge caribou burgers. I had one, and it was really good! Then, they showed us their property, which we are going to stay at, when we drive back through Talkeetna in the next couple of weeks. Then, they took us out and showed us a closed, satellite station where the US used to watch Russia. The satellites were huge! I have a picture of them below.
The next day, we got up and went down to the river again to see if we could catch another salmon. We had a few bites in the morning, but no fish. Joe had one on, but he jumped off after a few seconds of fighting him. We watched a few people pull some in, but they were down the bank from us and they were all casting into a honey hole. We couldn't get down there because there were a lot of people on the bank fishing. Around 5pm, after many more bites, I finally hooked one. It took the drag out and jumped all over the place. You have to yell "Fish on" when you get a fish, so everyone can reel in their lines and get them out of the way because the fish run up and down the bank and with that many people fishing, the lines get tangled easily. So, I yelled "fish on" and fought the fish for 10 or 15 minutes. Everyone on the bank was oooooing and ahhhhhing because it was a big one. After getting it up to the shore finally, we all saw that the hook was actually in the tail of the fish. On no! If you don't hook the fish in the mouth, it is called a foul hook and you have to throw it back. Crap! It was the biggest one of the week and I had to release it! It was about 40 lbs, at least that is what the locals said. One guy said it was 60lbs, and I appreciated his optimism, but it was more like 40. Well, at least I got to catch a fish...after 7 hours of fishing. I didn't get a chance to get a picture with it because everyone was ready to get their lines back in the water, and I was in their way. Plus, everyone carries pistols and shotguns down by the river so I didn't want to make anyone mad. We didn't catch anymore fish that night, so we packed it in and Laurie and I got our butts beat in the game Sequence. First time on this trip that we got beat badly! Joe and Jan won 5 games and we won 2. You can imagine our disappointment!
We left that camp site and drove down to Anchorage where we are now. We spent all day yesterday planning out next week's route down into the Kenai Peninsula. We are going to see some glaciers, do some fishing and take in the awesome scenery down there. We drove through Anchorage last night, on our way to see a tidal bore, and it looked like a nice town. We are going to check it out today. As for the tidal bore, we either missed it or it was a little ripple on the surface, because we didn't see anything. Laurie thinks she saw it, but I told her that was a ripple from the wind. Hopefully we'll get to see one next time we drive down that way. Well, I am going to wake Laurie up and get things moving. It's 11am already! Time to get up! I'll update later when I can! See ya!
We arrived here 2 days ago, but before that, we are parked by another river, just south of Talkeetna, where we did some fishing. We bought a 3 day fishing license and 3 days worth of King Salmon stamps so we could catch the big one! We got down to the river at 9:15am and Joe caught his first salmon by 10am. You can only keep one salmon per day, with a maximum of 5 for the season. Well, that his one for the day. It was a nice one too! He took it back to the camp and filleted it and I went back and grilled a couple fillets for lunch. I didn't catch anything that morning and decided to stop fishing for the day because it was rainy and cold. Plus, there were 50 other people out fishing on the bank right next to me. That night, we met up with the people that run the company that rents out Joe and Jan's cabin in North Carolina. (Johnny, Dena and their son Ross and his friend Connor.) They have some property in Talkeetna, and were up here on vacation also. We had a good dinner in Talkeetna at a place that has huge caribou burgers. I had one, and it was really good! Then, they showed us their property, which we are going to stay at, when we drive back through Talkeetna in the next couple of weeks. Then, they took us out and showed us a closed, satellite station where the US used to watch Russia. The satellites were huge! I have a picture of them below.
The next day, we got up and went down to the river again to see if we could catch another salmon. We had a few bites in the morning, but no fish. Joe had one on, but he jumped off after a few seconds of fighting him. We watched a few people pull some in, but they were down the bank from us and they were all casting into a honey hole. We couldn't get down there because there were a lot of people on the bank fishing. Around 5pm, after many more bites, I finally hooked one. It took the drag out and jumped all over the place. You have to yell "Fish on" when you get a fish, so everyone can reel in their lines and get them out of the way because the fish run up and down the bank and with that many people fishing, the lines get tangled easily. So, I yelled "fish on" and fought the fish for 10 or 15 minutes. Everyone on the bank was oooooing and ahhhhhing because it was a big one. After getting it up to the shore finally, we all saw that the hook was actually in the tail of the fish. On no! If you don't hook the fish in the mouth, it is called a foul hook and you have to throw it back. Crap! It was the biggest one of the week and I had to release it! It was about 40 lbs, at least that is what the locals said. One guy said it was 60lbs, and I appreciated his optimism, but it was more like 40. Well, at least I got to catch a fish...after 7 hours of fishing. I didn't get a chance to get a picture with it because everyone was ready to get their lines back in the water, and I was in their way. Plus, everyone carries pistols and shotguns down by the river so I didn't want to make anyone mad. We didn't catch anymore fish that night, so we packed it in and Laurie and I got our butts beat in the game Sequence. First time on this trip that we got beat badly! Joe and Jan won 5 games and we won 2. You can imagine our disappointment!
We left that camp site and drove down to Anchorage where we are now. We spent all day yesterday planning out next week's route down into the Kenai Peninsula. We are going to see some glaciers, do some fishing and take in the awesome scenery down there. We drove through Anchorage last night, on our way to see a tidal bore, and it looked like a nice town. We are going to check it out today. As for the tidal bore, we either missed it or it was a little ripple on the surface, because we didn't see anything. Laurie thinks she saw it, but I told her that was a ripple from the wind. Hopefully we'll get to see one next time we drive down that way. Well, I am going to wake Laurie up and get things moving. It's 11am already! Time to get up! I'll update later when I can! See ya!
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| Bald Eagle...as if you didn't know that. |
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| Cool guy in a lynx hat. |
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| River bank full of fishermen...and women. |
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| Joe's salmon. Nice one! |
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| Riverbank full of people. |
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| Home |
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| Riverside where we were camping. |
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| Holly is getting ready for her bath. |
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Laundry Day
By laundry, I mean 6 weeks worth of clothes and towels to wash. Yeah! The mosquitoes are trying to carry me off while I sit outside and wait on the clothes to dry. The sunset is a dark orange tonight as it sets behind the mountains. It is 11:30 at night and the sun is just setting. We are at a rv park in Palmer, AK, 30 miles outside of Anchorage.
We have been camping down by a river that is full of salmon. When we pulled in, two days ago, we saw a man carrying a salmon tied to a stick, over his shoulder. We thought, this is the place we need to be! Well...we didn't get to go fishing because the next day it rained all day and it "blew the river out." That's some salmon lingo that we picked up in one of the lodges around here the other day. It means...actually we really don't know what it means, but we think it means, made the salmon fishing worse. We have been seeing more bear and moose along the road as we drive. It's very cool to be able to see so much wildlife because some people come out and never get to see any. That is what the locals say. We decided to drive down to Valdez yesterday. The drive was pretty, but the road was bumpy. We were headed down there to take a tour of the pipeline, but we got down there and found out that as of 9/11/2001, there were no more tours. Oh well. We had some lunch/dinner and this outside cafe, near the water. The food was great. There wasn't much to do in town so we drove around a little more and headed back to the camp. We did see 2 moose on the way down to Valdez though. We also saw a golden eagle and about 5 bald eagles flying around where a few people were feeding them. I got some great pics of them. The golden eagles are big enough to pick up 30lb caribou calves when they are young. We are planning on going salmon fishing in the next few days. Keith and his girl arrive on the 24th so we'll be planning out some adventures for when they get here. My dad's birthday was today and so was Mike's (Laurie's cousin), so Happy Birthday to them! I've got to get back to the laundry now, I have taken too long of a break and my master says it's time to get back. Good night!
We have been camping down by a river that is full of salmon. When we pulled in, two days ago, we saw a man carrying a salmon tied to a stick, over his shoulder. We thought, this is the place we need to be! Well...we didn't get to go fishing because the next day it rained all day and it "blew the river out." That's some salmon lingo that we picked up in one of the lodges around here the other day. It means...actually we really don't know what it means, but we think it means, made the salmon fishing worse. We have been seeing more bear and moose along the road as we drive. It's very cool to be able to see so much wildlife because some people come out and never get to see any. That is what the locals say. We decided to drive down to Valdez yesterday. The drive was pretty, but the road was bumpy. We were headed down there to take a tour of the pipeline, but we got down there and found out that as of 9/11/2001, there were no more tours. Oh well. We had some lunch/dinner and this outside cafe, near the water. The food was great. There wasn't much to do in town so we drove around a little more and headed back to the camp. We did see 2 moose on the way down to Valdez though. We also saw a golden eagle and about 5 bald eagles flying around where a few people were feeding them. I got some great pics of them. The golden eagles are big enough to pick up 30lb caribou calves when they are young. We are planning on going salmon fishing in the next few days. Keith and his girl arrive on the 24th so we'll be planning out some adventures for when they get here. My dad's birthday was today and so was Mike's (Laurie's cousin), so Happy Birthday to them! I've got to get back to the laundry now, I have taken too long of a break and my master says it's time to get back. Good night!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Just catching up
June 6th
What’s up eh? Ha! We made it into Canada…then back into the US…then back into Canada and repeat that another 2 times. We are camping tonight in a Free Campground! That’s right, Free! A family allows people to camp on their property, along highway 1 going North through Canada. I spoke with the guy and he is very nice. Anyways, here’s what we have been up to. Oh and BTW, Happy Birthday to Jason! He and his wife had another baby boy last month. Just a little heads up for everyone that doesn’t know.
After the Boeing tour, we drove into Canada. We stayed at the Walmart in Surrey, right across the border, near Vancouver. There is a large Indian (Pakistani or India) population around there. Most everyone at the Walmart was wearing turbans. Not sure why there are so many around that area. We woke up the next morning and drove back over the border into a peninsula that is Washington state. We had to cross the border again. The place is called Rogers Point. It was traded for Vancouver Island with the Canadians because of the fish canneries on the peninsula. We left our RV’s at a park for the day, while we took a ferry to Victoria, on Vancouver Island. The ferry ride was very pretty. We were the last vehicle on the ferry, out of about 250, because we were running a little late. But, the view was awesome being the last on the boat. Victoria was very nice. The town was right on the harbor. There were seaplanes coming and going, water taxis zooming around, yachts docked, people walking around…it was bustling! We ate at a great place by the water. The food was excellent and the service was great. We walked around the town and took in the scenery, then walked through China town and checked out some of the shops. We took a tour of the Parliament building also. Victoria is definitely a place that we would like to go back to and stay a few more days.
We stayed overnight in Washington at the RV park and then drove up into Canada yesterday. We had a very nice drive up 1 through a canyon and stayed at a park near the Fraser River. There were so many trains traveling up and down the river this morning. Our running joke is…I don’t feel like home at a campground unless there are trains nearby, because every place we stay, there are trains around. Laurie was sluicing the rest of her diamond mud in the river this morning. We have been hauling the diamond mud from Arkansas, in a small cooler. We didn’t see any large diamonds, but we are going to bake the rest of the rocks to see if any diamonds show up, like the last one we found. But, that cooler was supposed to pay for our trip out here and back, because of the diamonds that we were supposed to find in it. Oh well! We are going to get up and drive more tomorrow. Not sure what the day has in store for us, but the weather has been perfect and it’s been very nice to drive in. It is getting dark here later. It is 11pm and still not quite dark yet. Talk to you soon!
Here are some pics from Victoria Canada.
Here are some pics from Victoria Canada.
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| Otters |
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| Parliament Building |
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| Port at Victoria |
June 10th
I just looked at my watch this morning and it said Friday. I didn’t know what day it was and it really didn’t bother me. That’s the way things go out here in the heart of nowhere Canada. We are stopped at a road construction site right now. They are repaving part of the Alaskan highway, so I thought I would take a little bit of time to let everyone know what’s been happening.
June 12th
We started moving as soon as I got “happening” typed and I haven’t been able to get on the computer until now. We have been driving through Canada still and the scenery has been gorgeous. I know that is a little feminine to say, but hey, I can’t lie, it has been. There are farm lands along the river with miles of yellow flowers growing in the hay fields. We drove through many small towns along the way, some of which had character, others…well, they had nothing. We saw the world’s largest gold pan and then we saw fire hydrants painted like wee people. We stopped in a campground in Smithers Canada on Tuesday. The town was bigger and had some cool little coffee shops and stores in it. Laurie and I took a bike ride to check things out, before dinner. After dinner (9:30 and it was still daylight) I took another bike ride up the trail to explore some more. I stopped at the trail crossing because I heard a noise that sounded like a cattle stampede coming towards me. I look up the other trail in front of me and saw this huge moose running right towards me. No worries, I had my mountain bike to protect me! Haha! Just kidding. I wasn’t alarmed because she took a left in front of me and went down another path. There were two bikers behind her chasing her down the path. I thought they were stupid for doing that because she could have ran right through me. I finished my ride and went back to the RV and everyone was standing around saying that I missed the moose because it ran into the woods. I told them that it ran right in front of me! Laurie took some pictures of it when it came down into the campground and then ran away. We hadn’t seen a moose until then and boy did I get a close up of it.
We continued our drive North and saw a few bears along the route. Some would run away from the roar of the motorhome and some would walk slowly across the road like they didn’t even see us. We camped at a primitive site that night, right next to a lake. The lake was calm and there were mountains surrounding it. It made quite a spot for scenic pictures. I walked down to the lake and saw another couple standing on the shore, looking in the water. They were looking at rainbow trout that were 30 feet from the shore, all huddled together in a school. Their fins were showing at the top of the water. There were eggs that ran up a small creek where the fish had laid them earlier. I ran back and grabbed everyone and our fishing poles to see if we could catch one. After switching baits 30 times, getting laughed at by the Canadians because I couldn’t catch a fish when they were 10 feet from me, and getting heckled from Laurie and Holly, I finally snagged one. Joe and I were the only ones left fishing when I caught one. He snagged one before me but it got off. I reeled it in with the help of Holly jumping in the water after it, and pulled it up onto shore. The dogs were going crazy because it was flipping around on the shore. Joe took some great pictures of me reeling it in. It was 11pm and I needed one more fish to put on the grill for Joe and I. Laurie and Jan had already eaten and were inside because the mosquitoes were out and hungry. I threw the line out again and caught one more. This time it was bigger! I fought it like I was reeling in a marlin. It was jumping and so were the dogs…so excited that I was bringing in another friendly fish…eager to roll on it. We cleaned the fish and I put them on the grill for us. It doesn’t get any fresher than that and it tasted great too! After surviving the night with no bears surrounding us or moose stampeding us, we were able to get rolling a little before noon…and we drove and drove and drove…We don’t get far in the RV’s, although we drive all day. We make just over 300 miles in 7-8 hours. We made it to the Yukon line that night and camped by another lake. Holly got to swim and we got to fish, but there were no rainbow trout waiting on us that night.
We stayed in Carcross Canada last night. It was part of the Gold Rush trail. Oh, by the way, this part of the country is where the Klondike Gold Rush was. All towns and history around here are about the gold rush and its significance in this area. It is very interesting to learn about how crazy people were…and, people were quick-money hungry then as they still are now (housing boom). We drove down to Skagway Alaska yesterday. We spent all day in town, walking around and taking tours and seeing the little shops and everything that the town has to offer. We ended up at a Summer Solstice party just outside of Skagway and had some burgers and listened to some music and watched a glass blowing seminar. It was pretty cool. All of the locals came out of the woodworks. I think they were excited to get out of the town after the cruise ships left. Our drive back to camp last night was exciting. It was about 11:30 when we left Skagway and still daylight outside. Laurie yelled out from the backseat, “what is that!” It was a porcupine! We saw 2 or 3 of them on the way back last night, along with 2 bears, one of which had a cub with her. That was cool to finally see a mama bear and her cub. We got back at 12:30 and I went across the gravel runway and took a couple of pictures of the moon, near the top of some mountains. Needless to say, it was still daylight. It never gets dark here. Not that I have a problem with that, it is just weird walking out at midnight and thinking it is 7 o’clock still. We can still sleep through the night though…probably out of exhaustion!
Today, we drove into Whitehorse Canada. It’s the capital of the Yukon. It has a population of 25k with an airport and a nice little downtown area, right along a river. This was also part of the gold rush. The train rain through here from Skagway and the steamers took passengers and cargo up the Yukon river. This was a pretty big hub for the gold rush, on their way to Dawson City. We are staying at an RV park with many other travelers. Seems like this is also a big hub for RVer’s trying to get wifi and a hot shower. I took Holly for a jog along the river, then Laurie and I took in a Vaudville show in town tonight. There was comedy, music, poems and more comedy. The actors were very funny and the show was definitely worth seeing. They wanted to make it seem like we were still back in the gold rush days of 1898. It was called Frantic Follies, if you ever get out this way. We are going to try and make Tok, Alaska tomorrow, but it is over 300 miles away, and typically, our day doesn’t include 300 miles of driving. I am tired so I’ll call it a night now. Good night!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
North to Alaska
We made it to Alaska today! It is beautiful here. I will write more when we get wifi.
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Boeing Plant
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We're Back in Seattle Again...back where the rain is a friend...
Yes, that's right, it is raining in Seattle again, but, not sleepless. We slept so good last night. Surprisingly, I was the first one up at 8:15. No one else got up until 9:30 and 10:15. Obviously we had some slept deprivation going on...either that, or we partied too late last night.
Last time I updated this, we were just south of Seattle. We took a left turn and went up to Olympic National Park for a day. We drove East of the park, along the water and enjoyed some beautiful views of the Sound. We stopped along the way at Taylors Shellfish shack and picked up some oysters. I bought 12 in-the-shell oysters and Joe bought 9 oysters that had already been shelled. We stayed in an indian casino parking lot that night and fixed those oysters for dinner. Let me tell you, when you eat as many oysters as you can, and still have some leftover, you will feel like they are still swimming around inside of you the next day. Our stomachs hurt all day long the next day! But, the oysters tasted great! I just won't eat as many as I did that night. We drove to the National park visitor's center and watched a video on the park. Then, we went down by the ferry dock in Port Angeles and had some lunch. No, not oysters, chicken fingers! :) We checked out Port Townsend on the way back down towards Tacoma for the night. That was a cool town...Port Townsend. There are cool little shops and restaurants along the water. They say that they don't get as much rain as Seattle gets each year. We drove down to Tacoma and parked in a marina parking lot for the night. Actually, that is where we kept the motorhome while we went to Newport for the wedding. I thought it was funny that I found a marina to keep the motorhome in for a few days. The security guard was very nice. He said he would watch out for the RV while we were gone and that we made his night talking to him. I guess there's not much to do around there all night.
Joe dropped us off at the airport on Thursday morning and we didn't get into Providence until about 2am. That was a long day. We checked into our roach motel and got some well needed rest before the weekend began. Friday, we tooled around Newport; shopping, checking out the sites and walking along the cliff walk where the mansions are located. It was foggy during most of the day, but it burned off for about 2 hours in the evening. We got to see some of the mansions and coastline when the fog burned off. We like Newport a lot! You can't go wring with boats, bars, restaurants and shops. The town has something for everyone. We met up with Todd and Shana and some friends and family later that evening for dinner and had a great time! Saturday I picked up Mo and Mike from the airport and ran some other errands throughout the day. We had a nice schooner ride with everyone that evening, out in Newport harbor. Sunday was filled with wedding rehearsal and lunch, which was great! On the wedding day, it was supposed to rain, but prior forecasts said that it was supposed to be the nicest day out of the weekend. I'm sure Shana and Todd were stressed because the wedding was supposed to be outside. Well, it turned out beautiful! The sun was shining, there was no fog or clouds in sight and there were sailboats out in the harbor. The backdrop for the wedding was beautiful. We were overlooking the harbor. The wedding, reception and after reception reception went off perfectly. Everyone had a blast. Shana looked beautiful and Todd looked handsome. I took photos on Mo's camera, so when we see her in a few weeks, she'll bring the disk with the photos on it. We had a nice flight back to Seattle too.
Jan's 21st birthday was on Tuesday, but we didn't get in until 10pm that night, so we weren't able to celebrate then. We ended up celebrating last night at the Space Needle restaurant. It is a revolving restaurant on top of the the Space Needle in Seattle. The food was great, the views were awesome and so was the company. We had a very fun night last night, which explains everyone sleeping in today. We finally made it to Pikes Market this afternoon and then took a tour of Underground Seattle. The weather turned out to be sunny while we were walking around downtown, then it started raining again...and hasn't stopped since. We are staying in the Walmart parking lot about 15 miles north of Seattle. It is pretty close to the Boeing plant where Joe and I will be taking a tour tomorrow before we head North towards Anacortes. I'll post some photos from today, the next time I blog. We hope everyone is doing well. We are still having a blast out here. Like I said back when we started, if anyone wants to join us at any point, come on out! Talk to you soon! Good night.
Pikes Market
Last time I updated this, we were just south of Seattle. We took a left turn and went up to Olympic National Park for a day. We drove East of the park, along the water and enjoyed some beautiful views of the Sound. We stopped along the way at Taylors Shellfish shack and picked up some oysters. I bought 12 in-the-shell oysters and Joe bought 9 oysters that had already been shelled. We stayed in an indian casino parking lot that night and fixed those oysters for dinner. Let me tell you, when you eat as many oysters as you can, and still have some leftover, you will feel like they are still swimming around inside of you the next day. Our stomachs hurt all day long the next day! But, the oysters tasted great! I just won't eat as many as I did that night. We drove to the National park visitor's center and watched a video on the park. Then, we went down by the ferry dock in Port Angeles and had some lunch. No, not oysters, chicken fingers! :) We checked out Port Townsend on the way back down towards Tacoma for the night. That was a cool town...Port Townsend. There are cool little shops and restaurants along the water. They say that they don't get as much rain as Seattle gets each year. We drove down to Tacoma and parked in a marina parking lot for the night. Actually, that is where we kept the motorhome while we went to Newport for the wedding. I thought it was funny that I found a marina to keep the motorhome in for a few days. The security guard was very nice. He said he would watch out for the RV while we were gone and that we made his night talking to him. I guess there's not much to do around there all night.
Joe dropped us off at the airport on Thursday morning and we didn't get into Providence until about 2am. That was a long day. We checked into our roach motel and got some well needed rest before the weekend began. Friday, we tooled around Newport; shopping, checking out the sites and walking along the cliff walk where the mansions are located. It was foggy during most of the day, but it burned off for about 2 hours in the evening. We got to see some of the mansions and coastline when the fog burned off. We like Newport a lot! You can't go wring with boats, bars, restaurants and shops. The town has something for everyone. We met up with Todd and Shana and some friends and family later that evening for dinner and had a great time! Saturday I picked up Mo and Mike from the airport and ran some other errands throughout the day. We had a nice schooner ride with everyone that evening, out in Newport harbor. Sunday was filled with wedding rehearsal and lunch, which was great! On the wedding day, it was supposed to rain, but prior forecasts said that it was supposed to be the nicest day out of the weekend. I'm sure Shana and Todd were stressed because the wedding was supposed to be outside. Well, it turned out beautiful! The sun was shining, there was no fog or clouds in sight and there were sailboats out in the harbor. The backdrop for the wedding was beautiful. We were overlooking the harbor. The wedding, reception and after reception reception went off perfectly. Everyone had a blast. Shana looked beautiful and Todd looked handsome. I took photos on Mo's camera, so when we see her in a few weeks, she'll bring the disk with the photos on it. We had a nice flight back to Seattle too.
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| My new house in Newport. |
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| Looks like a movie star! |
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| Overlooking the cliff walk |
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| Mo & Laurie at the Marble house. (One of the Vanderbilt houses) |
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| The Breakers (Another Vanderbilt family house) |
Jan's 21st birthday was on Tuesday, but we didn't get in until 10pm that night, so we weren't able to celebrate then. We ended up celebrating last night at the Space Needle restaurant. It is a revolving restaurant on top of the the Space Needle in Seattle. The food was great, the views were awesome and so was the company. We had a very fun night last night, which explains everyone sleeping in today. We finally made it to Pikes Market this afternoon and then took a tour of Underground Seattle. The weather turned out to be sunny while we were walking around downtown, then it started raining again...and hasn't stopped since. We are staying in the Walmart parking lot about 15 miles north of Seattle. It is pretty close to the Boeing plant where Joe and I will be taking a tour tomorrow before we head North towards Anacortes. I'll post some photos from today, the next time I blog. We hope everyone is doing well. We are still having a blast out here. Like I said back when we started, if anyone wants to join us at any point, come on out! Talk to you soon! Good night.
Pikes Market
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| Underground Seattle |
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