Saturday in Seattle

Wow! Amazing weather... sunny and in 70s. Thanks, Barb, for ordering it for us!

Breakfast at the hotel (Fairfield Inn, SEA-TAC) was good with a lot of choice. Amazing how some hotels have a very limited choice for their FREE continental breakfast. This hotel has waffles,cereal, bagels,bread choices,pastries, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, bananas, apples, juices, coffee/tea. I ate an egg,cereal with yogurt, banana, and tea. Good for me.

After breakfast and back to room for shower/dress, we walked down the hill to a Seven 11 for some bottles of juice and popcorn for evening snack.

David, Alison, Ben, and Edward arrived at hotel about 1:15. They couldn't get into their room so left their luggage (a lot of it) in our room.

We took the hotel shuttle to the airport and a bus to a stop across from Westlake Shopping Center. We didn't have to pay for the bus -- happened because we had entered the bus from back and after arriving at our stop, Alison went to driver to pay but he said it was ok. Hmmm... He probably was shocked that people would be so honest so decided to let it go. So... free rides from hotel into city.

A short walk to Pike Place Market and opportunity to get samples at the Cheese Festival. Good amount for a light lunch.

We walked back to Westlake and ate at the Food Court. Good choices there. Steve and I had fish/veggies in bowls (instead of wraps)and shared a smoothie.

We walked a few blocks to get on bus to take us back to airport. Paid $1.75 each person for that ride. David put in $1 bill and was going to put the coins in, but that driver told him it was OK. Go figure...

At airport didn't have to wait for a shuttle -- perfect timing -- back to hotel.

We moved luggage into the adjoining room. Ben liked being able run from one room to the other. When it was bathtime for him, we said goodnight and closed the connecting doors.

We're taking a private shuttle to the pier in the morning, costing us only $11 each. Such a deal.

Not sure when I'll be able to upload my blog entries next time. I'll write an entry each day and upload them when I can.