Monday, July 19, 2010

Seattle

We did enjoy our vacation in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The weather was perfect, warm and sunny everyday we were there. We never needed any of the rain-gear we were advised to bring. Each day was wonderful and different from the day before. I'll begin our travel log with Seattle.

Seattle is a beautiful city. I could be happy living there. It did not feel like a big city, rather a small town sort of place. The sky was blue, sail boats decorated Puget Sound and Mount Rainier hovered over the city like a protective warrior. Dennis's baby brother Bob lives in Seattle. He spent the day giving us a personal guided tour of his adopted hometown.

The morning was spent browsing through the Public Market. We watched as fish flew through the air from seller to buyer and admired the colorful produce and flowers. I sampled curds at Beecher's cheese and enjoyed a cup of coffee from the original Starbucks.

We ate lunch at Lowells restaurant in the market, overlooking Puget Sound. Part of Sleepless in Seattle was filmed in this little cafe. It was such fun to visit with Bob and catch up on family stories.

We ended our afternoon with Bob on top of the Space Needle. Spectacular views!

In the evening we met Lorraine and her family for dinner. The food at Etta's was fabulous(prepared by Seattle's famed chef, Tom Douglas!) The conversation was delightful. It is so much fun to spend some face to face time with blog friends!


Tomorrow I'll continue my story and tell you about my brand new family in Fort Lewis.

6 comments:

Tracy said...

Looks like you had a good trip. Can't wait to hear about your family in Ft. Lewis.

Jennie said...

Glad you had a great trip. Seattle seems like a wonderful trip destination!

AM Kingsfield said...

It's amazing you had so much sun in Seattle!

Random Thinker said...

Seems like you lucked out with the weather. Looks like a fun trip.

Miss Healthypants said...

I would love to see Seattle someday...and isn't Rainey (Lorraine) the best?? *smiles*

Anne said...

I'm a little jealous of that last picture. Forgive me.