We flew out to Seattle in 2004 in order to get through the trip quicker. We had planned to do our big trip out West trip at the same time we were going on our cruise. But then our home sold earlier than we figured and we had to make our trip and get back in time for the closing. The day we flew into Seattle was blue skies and white clouds, a picture perfect day. We took the bus into town and checked out downtown. The day we returned from our cruise it was dreary and rainy. According to our experience it rains in Seattle half the year! That trip was a great break from reality.
Coffee shop scene created by AI
It was May of 2004 and we were selling our updated home and buying a dilapidated house that my dear wife said I could remodel. Now here's the deal about this planned trip out West. My plan was to drive through all those states I hadn't been to yet in 2004, which is pretty much the nine still on my list plus maybe three or four down in the South I hadn't gotten to since I was still in Illinois. I would go up through Nebraska and the Dakotas, then Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. We'd take our week cruise and then head back down to California, on to Arizona, and then hit what we could on our way back to Illinois. I'm not saying it was a great plan but we'd be doing a lot of driving. But it didn't matter anyway since we got a call that our "new" house was closing earlier and we needed to get the paperwork done and move in. That was the end of our "Westward Ho!" vacation. In the end we flew out to Seattle on a Friday, stayed overnight, then took a bus up to Vancouver Saturday which dropped us off at the cruise ship. The cruise concluded the next Saturday and we did the whole trip in reverse. Then we got back to the house that would take me seven years to remodel "in my spare time."
While we were in Seattle that Friday afternoon we took a bus downtown and walked around to see what it was like. We saw a Seattle's Best Coffee and went in for a look, probably getting a coffee. Across the street was a Seattle's Coffee Works and I am told there are dozens more throughout the city. We took the bus back to our hotel and got a good nights sleep before the hubbub of the cruise. With almost 3,500 guests and crew onboard it was busy busy busy.
What was the weather like you ask? The day we flew there are walked around the downtown was as perfect a day as you would ever find anywhere. The day we got back on the bus from Vancouver was the most miserable dreary rainy day you could ever imagine. So I guess we got to see the two extremes on the Seattle West Coast, so maybe most days are just average.
Until next time,
Arktander
(aka David Andreasen)
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