By now we were getting tired and didn’t have a lot of plans for Seattle. We’d agreed that there wasn’t time to do much sight-seeing and that we’d perhaps come back another time when we had more time and energy.
The drive north along I-5 was pretty unremarkable – some areas of traffic heavier than others (like around Tacoma) but we navigated into Seattle and found our hotel with little difficulty.
The hotel was the Hotel Vintage Park, and it was very lovely. We received an upgrade to a Deluxe King and that was nice. My favourite feature of this hotel was the leopard print bathrobes. But, I couldn’t get Bob to wear it.
We climbed back to the hotel for the wine tasting in the lobby (climbed because Seattle is a very hilly city). That was quite nice. I can’t remember the wine being tasted, but it was a Washington wine and quite nice.
We had an interesting cab ride back to the hotel with a very pleasant, chatty driver from Africa in a very fancy cab. We were also looking for a bottle of wine to bring back to the hotel. Now, while Oregon is very progressive and wine is literally everywhere (in 7-11 and gas stations, for Pete’s sake!), Seattle is not quite like that. It was somewhat harder to find late in the evening, though we did find a grocery store with a decent selection.
In fairness to Seattle, we didn’t spend much time there and didn’t see much. It is, however, a very beautiful city with some amazing architecture and I would love to come back again.
Back to the hotel for what we hoped would be a good sleep and then off to Abbotsford to celebrate Bob’s birthday with good friends, Doreen and Sue, and family, Erin and Sarah.
This had been a spectacular trip. One that we'll remember forever. Journaling in my blog has been a wonderful way to relive those memories.
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