So this morning we woke up at a lazy 8:30-9 because we had a terribly long 5 hour drive to Seattle, which shows just how spoiled a hotel room can make us after two days of freezing in Yellowstone. After leaving our hearts in Coeur D'Alene, we made for the open road.
Western Washington is pretty much just farms, but with an exotic edition; dust devils! We saw maybe 5 or 6 of these tiny twisters tearing up the dry fields. It's a pretty surreal sight.
Once we got within 200 or so miles of Seattle, we were suddenly in hills and forests again. It was an impressively beautiful drive. Every once in a while, amid the tree-covered slopes and blue sky, Mt. Rainier poked out its snow-topped head. I promised everyone we'd see it even better in the city.
In Seattle, we met Joanna, my sister, right before she had to leave for work, long enough to get the keys to her place and learn how to get downtown. After a short break, we took the bus to Pike Place Market to see some fish throwers (of course). Jojo's restaurant, Machiavelli's, would be packed until 8 or so, so we watched the sunset from the Olympic Sculpture Park.
Dinner was great and we cleaned our plates like good college students, and after several bottles of wine, we headed back to Jojo's for bed. Tomorrow we're going to Ballard Farmer's Market and having a BBQ. Yay!
-bekerz
p.s. There was poetry on the bus we took (and padded seats, what?) and here is the best one:
1 comment:
make sure you go see "Nurse Tree" at the Olympic Sculpture Garden (if you haven't already) it's by Mark Dion, one of my favorite artists!
Also: Tavernello. I'm gonna need more details than a skimpy text
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