Seattle - June 2012

Arik had the opportunity to speak at an event in Seattle, so I decided to join him for a few days.  It was a GREAT trip!  We packed so much into three days, it was unbelievable.  We spent one day exploring on foot.  I am pretty sure we logged about 10 miles.  It was super fun, but we were exhausted by the time dinner rolled around.  The next day ... we rented a car.

We will definitely be back.

Here are some of the things that we did:

• Visited the public market (daily)
• Got coffee at the ORIGINAL Starbucks
• Ate the most amazing crumpets
• Took an underground tour of the city
• Took the ferry to Bainbridge Island (twice)
• Fell in love with a little town called Winslow
• Rented a car that looked like a giant green Skittle and drove to up to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park
• Took that same funny car and drove down to Lake Crescent
• Hiked to Maymere Falls
• Saw the majestic Mt. Ranier on our ferry ride back to Seattle
• Took nightly soaks in the hot tub
• Slept uninterrupted (bliss!)

If the scenery wasn't so awesome, I might have considered the last two items my favorite part :)

Ahh .. the simple needs of tired working parents.

I thought Seattle was much like Minneapolis meets San Francisco.  It was so beautiful.  We left a ton of things to do for our next trip, and seriously can't wait to go back!