Seattle Washington

September 15 Seattle Washington

Last night was a bummer with poor Wazza laid up with his crook hoof, we did what we could till the pain was too bad. 

We checked into the Crowne Plaza, a lovely high floor room (closed my eyes in the lift Colly!!) .. 

down to level two bar for a few night caps looked after by Joe, thrown out at 1 am local time.. yep,it happens! Been thrown out of better places..!! 

A shower and relax and fill Wazza with more meds than Schapelle had in her boogy board.. 6.40 am I looked at the clock for the last time. Sun woke me up at 11.11 and I wanted to get moving. Eventually we headed out at 12.20 ish.

An easy walk to AT&T and got sorted out with a mobile SIM card. And Downtown to Pike place for a wander. We felt the need for some food so shared a Reuben Sanger at a great bar overlooking all the  action at the market. 

Carry on and we walked up stairs down stairs around corners up,hills down hills up HUGE hills (I am sure Wazza was trying to do me in!) 

Had a couple of stops to recover (yep, you know the kind! ) the waterfront was soooo delightful today a perfect sunny day and a wonderful view of mount Saint Helens ?? ( Bucky is that correct?) only 80'days a year it's visible

.. lucky lucky us.

Just a fabulous day UNTIL we got to the space needle... do you know how high that stinker is???? HIGH higher than a pack of uni students on a field of grass.... 

ok I paid for tickets .. got seniors deal.. not sure if I was happy or pissed.. 65+  happy I guess cos I am a Scrooge!

Back over the road for a couple of heart starters then.... off we went!

OH MY GOSH... no really I am being a drama queen it wasn't that bad... 

the view was spectacular, I was hoping for the television crews to be there to interview me, nope, didn't happen. We wandered around a bit, could almost see a Brisvegas the view was so clear, then it was apparent there was no bar up here.. Wazza almost ran down the stairwell.... back to Pike  place the Irish Bar, met a great golden lab, and her family, then onto the Hard Rock Seattle,its  kind of what We like to,do .. and then made our way home up more stinking hills.. and past the pharmacy that sells alcohol.

There are a lot of homeless folk here, many live in tents on the side of major roads.. they have nothing except their mobile phones and bottles of alcohol! A few asked for money but nothing different to Australia.

I have just loved our day in Seattle.  Then again I just love all my days, cos we know life is good.

Back home a drink at the bar on level,two and a welcome shower cos I am sure we needed it.  Dinner was such a treat, a pack of dry bikkys with a dip that I chose that was jalapeño.., yeah go figure, I need that mate!!  But I snuck in a Hershey bar, and if my beloved keeps snoring I will eat his too..

An amazing day. 

Life is good.. and even better when your family send a photo of the fur kid! 

Onward and upward to Alaska tomorrow