At a little rest area in Idaho we saw a sign for free coffee so we decided to stop. The rest area building was not open, but we saw a Marine Corps trailer with a couple gentlemen. They were offering coffee, iced coffee, hot chocolate, tea, and cookies! It was so nice. We just thought we were stopping for free coffee, but they said “And we have breakfast for ya.” We saw a couple more rest area signs with free coffee signs, but continued on our way.
Before we arrived in Seattle, we stopped at Snoqualmie Falls in Washington. It was pretty cool, but there were tons of people. You would've thought there was some giant celebration going on. We figured it was a nice day, a Saturday, and maybe people really are sticking close to home for little getaways.
We got to Seattle around 4 p.m. We checked into our hotel first and then walked around the city. It was very busy being a Saturday and beautiful weather so we were able to people watch at its finest. We visited the Pike Place Market and walked from there to the Space Needle. There was quite a crowd in the market, but it was fun to see the variety of people. Jon and I did try some smoked salmon, so we can say that we had some fish. Off to the Space Needle!
They have some cool attractions around the Space Needle like a science center, science fiction place, and music place. We didn't go into any of them because they were expensive, but they looked pretty cool.
We decided to ride the Monorail back to our hotel from the Space Needle. When we got back, we took a break in the hotel and walked around a bit more in the city. We took a scenic tour of some residential area and found some eats in down by Pike Place. It is cool to be right by the ocean, to have witnessed all the hubbub of the city, but also to enjoy the scene at night.
Plans for tomorrow: Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens and hopefully camping around Portland.
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