More on the Seattle Trip:
So, we went to IHOP for our weekly Sunday brunch... we could still use another person or 10 to join us, as it's supposed to be a weekly social event that seems a touch lacking with only 2 people.
Then we went shopping a little bit... and made a wrong turn in White Rock. Somehow, we ended up in Seattle.
I must say, Seattle is a gorgeous city - very similar to Vancouver, but at the same time, so different.
It was tempting to get back on the I-5 heading south, and see where we ended up, but we really didn't have time, since work beckons in the morning.
It was a good enough experience that I'll happily repeat it several times this year, if only to explore, and see what Seattle has to offer, as well as explore the surrounding areas. it helps the cost of the trip buying gas in the US too... at $1.79 per gallon that works out to over 20 cents per litre Canadian cheaper than gas is here (57 cents per litre as opposed to between 79 and 99)... give or take a couple cents depending on the current exchange rate.
It was entertaining seeing all the anti-Bush stuff on the side of the road.
The space needle might not be particularily attractive... but once the sun sets and it's aglow against the night sky, it's utterly gorgeous.
The little Italian restaurant we ate in had the best lasagna I've ever eaten as well - a little strange, ingredient-wise, but superb. For Canadians travelling in the US, be sure NOT to order iced tea unless you like cold brewed tea... unsweetened. It's quite good, but a shock to the system if you're used to lipton brisk or nestea stuff.
Oh... the Wal-Mart we stopped at on the way in scared the hell out of me - it could have doubled for a 200,000 seat football stadium with the addition of bleachers, the removal of the roof, and adjusting the merchandise to make room for the field and stands.
It still would have left enough floor space to field more merchandise than the average canadian wal-mart. It frightens me even more that the Home Depot next door was even bigger.
Hint to American chain operators:
When your shop requires it's own mass transit system and starts developing weather patterns of its own inside, it's too big. Honestly, I don't see how any of the people in the US that shop at Wal-Mart are overweight... it's a 30 mile hike just to get to the McDonalds, and another 20 miles to the nearest bathroom. Shopping at that place is like running a freaking marathon!
So, we went to IHOP for our weekly Sunday brunch... we could still use another person or 10 to join us, as it's supposed to be a weekly social event that seems a touch lacking with only 2 people.
Then we went shopping a little bit... and made a wrong turn in White Rock. Somehow, we ended up in Seattle.
I must say, Seattle is a gorgeous city - very similar to Vancouver, but at the same time, so different.
It was tempting to get back on the I-5 heading south, and see where we ended up, but we really didn't have time, since work beckons in the morning.
It was a good enough experience that I'll happily repeat it several times this year, if only to explore, and see what Seattle has to offer, as well as explore the surrounding areas. it helps the cost of the trip buying gas in the US too... at $1.79 per gallon that works out to over 20 cents per litre Canadian cheaper than gas is here (57 cents per litre as opposed to between 79 and 99)... give or take a couple cents depending on the current exchange rate.
It was entertaining seeing all the anti-Bush stuff on the side of the road.
The space needle might not be particularily attractive... but once the sun sets and it's aglow against the night sky, it's utterly gorgeous.
The little Italian restaurant we ate in had the best lasagna I've ever eaten as well - a little strange, ingredient-wise, but superb. For Canadians travelling in the US, be sure NOT to order iced tea unless you like cold brewed tea... unsweetened. It's quite good, but a shock to the system if you're used to lipton brisk or nestea stuff.
Oh... the Wal-Mart we stopped at on the way in scared the hell out of me - it could have doubled for a 200,000 seat football stadium with the addition of bleachers, the removal of the roof, and adjusting the merchandise to make room for the field and stands.
It still would have left enough floor space to field more merchandise than the average canadian wal-mart. It frightens me even more that the Home Depot next door was even bigger.
Hint to American chain operators:
When your shop requires it's own mass transit system and starts developing weather patterns of its own inside, it's too big. Honestly, I don't see how any of the people in the US that shop at Wal-Mart are overweight... it's a 30 mile hike just to get to the McDonalds, and another 20 miles to the nearest bathroom. Shopping at that place is like running a freaking marathon!
Thanks for the kind words, it means a lot.
Please, with ice cream, and chocolate and whiped cream and maybe even cherries on top? kinda like a Peters banana split?
Its been so long since I have been on a road trip, the last one took two days, and involved a fridge being moved and the fridge trying to rip out my bellybutton ring, and my subsequent tatttoo getting impulsion....
Does any of that ring a bell?
Miss ya tonnes *hugs*