Tacoma Dome

Day 5

Today we left the wonderful and very weird Portland to head to our next stop, Tacoma. Before venturing out of Beaverton/Portland we decided to get our magnet, unfortunately between Fred Meyer, K-Mart and some car wash/bakery/gift shop thing we were unable to find one! Oh well guess it'll have to wait until we swing back by. We …

Ah bless internet credit card fraud... Its been a constant battle of advanced planning cash ever since my card got jacked and was limited so couldn't be used for internet purchases... and sometimes buying stuff even in person... Consequently this time round it didn't work for the car rental guarantee... bummer so no Alison Krauss concert... argh! …

... , a mass of not-moving cars, a mess. Aaack! I didn't plan this well at all. Someone waved from the alley beside the Dome. $25! Here! Just a few spaces left! I made the turn without hesitation. "Twenty-five dollars!" Matt said. "At this point it doesn't ...

... thought much about.  I was aware it was a port city situated on Puget Sound, and that it had a huge dome (Tacoma Dome) just off the I-5 freeway. I knew Tacoma is Washington state's third largest city (Seattle and Spokane are more ...

Well yesterday I think I wasted 38 dollars.  I had to pay 30 to get into the Educators JobFair.  I also had to pay 8 dollars to freaking park!  And I don't think I made a huge difference in the distrits where I actually want to ...