So as soon as I got off the plane from New Orleans, 4 days
later I was departing for Seattle. I had to travel for 7 hours, getting in to
Seattle around 11pm the first night, which felt like 1 am to me. Cynde was able
to pick me up from the airport which eliminated a lot of stress of finding the
train or getting an uber when I was unsure of where I was going. The first
night was dedicated to a little bit of catching up, ewing and ahing at
Cynde/Jake’s apartment, and setting up my space and the air mattress.
Saturday, March 5th: Day 1
It was a beautiful first day waking up in Seattle! We slept
in a little bit but got going at a decent hour. We went to a fancy schmancy
Amazon building so the dogs could get in some dog park action… yes… in the
Amazon building. Nice views from that dog park, and amazon is a legit company
to work for. Brunch and drinks happened at the Local eatery. And then we went
on a troll to check out South Lake Union. More drinks followed and we started
to plan our evening and day trip to Canada.
That afternoon we packed up a bag of items to go to
Bellingham, WA to stay the night at Cynde’s aunt’s house. Bellingham is about
30 minutes from the border, and broke up the drive to Canada. On our way we
stopped at a Lulu Lemon outlet where I
spent some $$ on leggings and a new coat. Once in Bellingham, yummy Italian
food happened and I passed out pretty quickly due to the busy day.
Sunday, March 6th: Oh, Canada!!
We woke up pretty early to hit the road. This was my first
time ever out of the country! I was so excited to put my new passport to use!
The scenery in Canada was BEAUTFIUL. Once we got to Grouse Mountain, we
realized that it was a popular ski destination, and we were not the most prepared.
We checked in for our ziplining reservation, and they told us to check back 30
minutes before to see if they would have 5 lines open, 3 lines, or would have
cancel and refund us. As we waited we checked out the cabin situation, explored
a little bit, and had a drink. 3 lines were open on the snowy day and we were
grateful that it wasn’t going to be a total loss. T
Ziplining was so fun and absolutely beautiful! We were
dressed in workout gear and whatever coats we had. Thank goodness I purchased a
coat from lulu lemon for this! My peacoat would have been a horrible coat to
zipline in. (I don’t do winter very well) We had to walk back up the snowy
mountain in our tennis shoes, while hanging on to our zipline gear. It was
quite the trek.
After ziplining we headed to Granville Island where we had
delicious cocktails at Liberty distillery. We then headed to the market there
and indulged in some shopping, a little clam chowder pot pie, and took in the
scenery. We hit the road to go back home to Seattle and got in pretty late that
night. Another easy night to fall asleep after the crazy day.
Monday, March 7th: Back to Seattle
Cynde took off on Monday to spend the day with me and show
me around her new city. We had brunch, walked down to Puget sound and took in
the Sculpture garden. We rode on the Great Wheel and took in more city views
and views of the water. We explored Pike’s Place Market, saw the original
starbucks, and did more shopping! I checked the gum wall off my list, as well
as seeing the guys throw fish! So much walking ensued on this day! We had
enough time to check out Kerry Park where the skyline view is BREATHTAKING.
Jake got off work and we had dinner at Duke’s. More delicious clam chowder!
Tuesday, March 8th:
Cynde had to go back to work, so I was on my own. I was able
to get an Orange Theory work-out in at 8 am, and went back to shower and dress
for the day. I purchased a City Pass which got me into 5 city attractions at a
significantly lower price than paying for each event separately. On this day I
went to the Chihuly Gardens, went to the top of Space Needle, and went to EPM.
Chihuly was amazing, the Space needle was cool too, but I was pretty
underwhelmed at the EPM. That whole day was a lot of walking and reading. Plus
I was sore from working out in the morning.
We had a girls’ night in with some of Cynde’s friends and I
drank way too much wine. #vacation
Wednesday, March 9th:
I skipped out on working out on this day. I figured one day
of working out on vacation was enough. I slept in and finished off my City
Pass. I had a cruise tour situation, and a visit to the aquarium. Both were
just alright and helped me kill some time. On the cruise the tour guide told me
that there is a Chinese room in Smith Tower that has a special chair. The chair
was given to the chinese room by a China empress and legend has it that
whenever a woman sits in the chair, she’ll be married within the year. I was
like, “omg… I have to go sit in this chair!” It was really rainy, so I took an
uber to this building, just to find out that the Chinese room is closed until
July! WHAT?! No chinese legend marriage for me I guess. (this gives me another
excuse to visit in the summer).
For dinner that night we went to Paseo’s. A place I had seen
on the Travel Channel as a great place to eat and it was. I am sad that I could
only eat half of my sandwich and never finished the other half.
Cynde, Jake, and I chilled on my last night in. The night
before of too much wine was fresh on my mind. We watched the Democratic debate
and looked at our Vancouver pictures and GoPro footage of ziplining.
Thursday, March 10th: The final day
Woke up at a decent hour to pack and get my last adventures
checked off the list. I went back to the original starbucks when there was ZERO
line and got some cool mugs. I had a yummo breakfast in Lowell’s in Pike’s
Place on the top floor where I could over look the water. I did some more
shopping in the market (like I needed it). I then started my trek to ANOTHER
Starbucks. The Starbucks Reserve and Roastery. This place was SO COOL. I had
heard that Seattle was full of Starbucks, but you don’t realize that there is
literally one on every corner until you get there. I am pretty sure I passed 3
starbucks while in the airport going to my gate…
I went to see Cynde’s work and sit with her while she ate
lunch until it was time for me to make my way to the airport. I am typing this
as I sit on the plane headed back to Dallas. It was a delayed flight, but I am
grateful to have a direct flight! It was such a great trip, but I am looking
forward to getting home and back into routine! The countdown to summer begins!
No comments:
Post a Comment