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Back to the West Coast
... of the math that didn't make sense. Instead I checked my carry-on at the gate for free. It was all going on the same plane at the same time. Hmmm....
When I got to my seat I started to laugh. I was in the front row of a section where there is no storage underneath, and there was no room overhead for anything. I finally squished my purse and my bowl behind a seat in the next section. The flight attendant almost said something to me, but I ...
Seagulls are dangerous
... It was so much different than Colorado, between the weather, which was cool, humid, and rainy, and the people. All of the people seemed to have something different about them, like some sort of calm closure. Anyways, they were really nice and helped us out, like giving us the best trails in the Olympic reserve, and the best restaurants to eat. The thing that I liked best about Seattle was the wildlife. I don’t think I’ve ever seen ...
Clinton to Seattle on Amtrak
... on a locker. I am in car 731 space 4 which is on the top floor of the Superliner Sleeping Car. While it is expensive doing the sleeper ($425 for Chicago to Seattle) it is really nice. You have juice, water bottles and coffee available all day, your own private seating area which if not large is nice, all meals included except alcohol. So for a 44 hour journey it will make it much nicer and be for me a private retreat. Oh and we were ...
Sleepless in Seattle
... the markets. There is so much to see at the markets, food, crafts, jewelery, funny t-shirts, fruit, veges - you could spend hours wandering around trying samples and chatting with the stall-holders. Since we only had one day in Seattle we did a quick tour of the markets and then headed for the space needle. We didn't have directions - but if you can see it, you can find it. So half an hour later we were at the bottom of ...
Sleepless in Seattle
... get the train. The receptionist then got the driver to take me (I'm not kidding) 100m down the road. It turns out the train station is practically right outside the hotel. Why she didn't just say so is beyone me - or maybe for them it really was a reasonable request... after all, who walks in the cities?
After a minor ordeal with the ticket machine that would accept neither my card nor my cash, involving a dash into the terminal building to get more cash, I finally ...


