Goodbye Seattle

You would think that after the awesome adventure with the segway there is not much else to do. But Seattle has so much to see and do, there is always something.

As in Portland we rented a car to get around.  My niece Maria has been great about taking us places but she works and we didn't want to abuse her hospitality any more than necessary. Have I mentioned that my niece Maria is awesome? We visited several parks around Bremerton, drove to the town of Port Gamble, and went over the Hood Canal Bridge.

The next day Maria was not working and we went back to Seattle. We saw more of the market and saw the original Starbucks.  We took the monorail to the Space Needle and the elevator to the very top. The view from the top of the Space Needle is spectacular. Maria gave me a very cool Seattle T shirt. We got back to Bremerton late and tired but very excited about the day.

The biggest down side of the trip has been that our only means of transportation was the RV, the occasional rental car or bumming rides from family and friends. Otherwise when we park the RV we are stuck in one place.  When planning the trip Diane proposed bringing bicycles but there was just not enough room with our big cargo box on a hitch platform in the back. As it turned out we never used the "stuff" in the cargo box but we sure could use bicycles. On our last day in Seattle my niece's husband,  Chad, gave us a super wonderful present: two great bicycles! Chad knows a lot about bicycles. He spent many hours cleaning and fixing up and tuning these so they perform and look like brand new. Diane's is an old timey pink cruiser, similar to the ones that Quail Park motel in Kanab has for its guests. Mine is a matte black cruiser. So we moved most of the "stuff" in the cargo box inside the RV and shipped what was left back to Utah. We then gave Chad the cargo box and the hitch platform  (more like he took them off our hands) and bought a bicycle carrier.  So now instead of a useless huge cargo box we have two wonderful bicycles and the ability to explore the surroundings when we park the RV. Did I mention that my niece Maria and all her family are very awesome? Huge thanks to Chad, Maria, Josh, Isa, and Stewie.

It was difficult leaving Seattle and all the fantastic people we visited there and all the cool things there are to do there. But this is just a vacation trip, not a moving to Seattle trip.

From Seattle we went to Sequim (pronounced Squim) and tried out our new bikes on the Olympic Discovery Trail at the Railroad Bridge Park. It was an old railroad that was converted to a trail under the Rails to Trails program. We rode about three miles in the direction of Port Angeles. To our right we could see a tall, snow capped mountain. I looked in Google maps to try to figure out what mountain it was. There are many mountains in that area and I could not find out exactly which one that was, but I did see that it was in Canada!

From there we went past Port Angeles and spent the night at the Salt Creek County Park campground. Something interesting happened there but I will let Diane tell you that story.

Stay tuned