Seattle, WA

Well, today we arrived in Wells Nevada.  From my last post, here is the update.  We stayed in Shelton, Washington for two night at a Super 8, it was nice.  The reason we stayed there was because it was much cheaper, and because the city was SUPER busy with people and traffic.  I get kinda frustrated and grumpy around to many people these days, so it was better all the way around.

Before going to Seattle for the day, we had to go to Olympia, WA for an oil change on my truck. I also got a new set of wipers and a bug guard...lots of bugs on the windshield here.  We then drove to the Ferry from Bremerton to Seattle and that was very cool.  The cars loaded on the bottom, but we parked in a parking garage and walked (ran) to the Ferry...almost didn't make it.

When we got to Seattle, we decided to explore a few historical places that we wanted to see.  The Pike Place Fish Market was one of them, and it was really cool.  It was a lot like a flee market, but in a permanent structure.  It was also about five stores high, and most of the walk ways were ramps instead of stairs.  Really kinda cool.  I got Go Pro video of it, and will try to post it later.

We also rode the Monorail and went to the Space Needle.  We didn't go to the top of the Space Needle because of two reasons.  The line was long, and it wasn't that important to us. Everyone there in line to go up the Space Needle was a tourist, and just didn't seem worth it.  So we went on the Monorail instead and that was fun.

When we got off the Monorail at the Mall, we went to the stairwell to got to the ground floor and start making our way back to the Ferry to leave, but this girl in front of us kept taking the stairs down...so we followed.  Wow, the subway system there was incredible.  So well lit, and really nice. It was a huge area with lots of people in a hurry to get somewhere.  So glad we followed that girl down the stairs.



We walked to another entrance and made our way back to street level and headed to the Ferry.  Along the way, we were reminded that Washington is a legalized Marijuana state...as we walked through several invisible clouds on the street where the smell was so strong, and the people looked loopy out of their minds.  After that, we continued and decided to ride the big Ferris Wheel on the doc.  Got some great pictures from being really high.



Seattle was a great experience, but I was a little put off by the extreme exploitation of the tourist.  Where we had our lunch, it was $13 dollars for a burger, $3 for fries, and $6 for a small beer....about $50 for two people with tip...but before we left I noticed at the bottom of the menu in very very small print.... Prices for our loyal customers of the Washington area are discounted.  Burger is $9 with fries included....and I didn't see it but I bet the beer was cheaper too.  At the Ferris wheel, we had to buy a ticket to get on, but they took that ticket back before we got on, and said we could re-buy the ticket as we left for a souvenir.  What Bullshit!!