Hellloooo Washington!

We headed out of Oregon today :o(  We fell in L-O-V-E with the city of Portland!  We stopped for one more cup of Stumptown coffee before heading out to Seattle, Washington!

Mile 2512: Washington State Line

Hello Washington!

The drive to Seattle is only about 3 hours and it is full of amazing views!  Driving into Seattle was just as beautiful – full of mountains, water and trees!  I will say though – the streets of Seattle are LOCO!  So many one ways and the streets are narrow!  We made it to our hotel and unloaded everything.  We had the best view of the city from our room and were just right in the middle of almost everything! 

Mile 2563: Seattle

Olympic Mountains!

By this point we were both starving so we made our way down the streets of Seattle and found an awesome pub/restaurant called Fado.  Such a cool atmosphere and the nicest and most awesome people worked there!  The food was out of this world!  

Brandon's brew of choice...

This was a HUGE bottle!

After getting some grub we made our way to get our first look at Pike’s Place Market.  There are so many things to look at and buy!  Pike Place is one of the oldest running markets - dating back to 1907!

The Market!

The Hawkins in Seattle!

Rachel the bronze pig - the unofficial mascot of the market 

She's some pig!  :o) 

You hear lots of jazzy music as you walk down the streets - these fellows were from Arizona and were totally rockin'!

Mile 2571:  Pikes Place Market 

We walked through parts of the market and then headed back to the hotel, but not before a quick stop for some of the pink stuff – Pepto!  Brandon’s belly was not feeling so good…may have been something to do with the beer/coffee diet…. 

TRIP SUMMARY

Day 7: Portland, OR to Seattle, WA

Weather: Cloudy with some sprinkles – high 50’s, low 60’s

Jess’ Jibberish & Bran’s Babbles:

•  Props to the state of Washington!  They take care of their travelers with roadside rest stop safety breaks – free coffee/water and snacks at all rest stops!
• Sprint GPS does not know where in the heck it is going in Seattle!
• We felt the burn!  Those Seattle streets are steep – ok going down, but going up was a workout!
• That wasn’t sneaky try that again – to all the drug dealer handoffs we saw take place in front of us!

Check out more photos from today right HERE!