Our Western Washington State trip. A nice place to move to!

[chorizon]

Having heard that Seattle was the "Austin of the Northwest", we have decided to go there for a week or so to check it out.

We'll arrive tonight and stay downtown a couple of days. We're definitely going to Olympia, NP. After that, who knows?

Tentatively, we were thinking about checking out Vancouver, Whistler, and possibly Vancouver Island.

Unfortunately this will be a "car & hotel" trip, not a TD trip, but we'll still try to take bunches of in case anyone's interested.

Monday or so, we'll probably go and explore the San Juan Islands. We'll stay a day or two with Sarah's cousin, who lives right be the ferry in Anacortes.

We're really looking forward to this trip, since we haven't been on a proper vacation in over 2 years!

Wish us luck!

[Slayer]

Sounds like a great trip. I grew-up close to Seattle, but that was a long, long time ago. Be sure to put Pike Place Market and the waterfront on your must do list. If you have the chance to drive along the OR. coast you won't be sorry.

Rodney...

[Oasis Maker]

If doing Vancouver, you gotta include Victoria in your plans as well. You'll love it!

Ditto what Slayer said about the Oregon Coast as well.

Scott G.

[Mightydog]

DO drive down the Oregon Coast for some great vistas!

DON'T drive down the Oregon Coast if you're on a tight schedule. All of the tourists slow down and gawk along the way...

(Born and raised in Coos Bay on the southern Oregon coast)

[mandy]

If you have time I would go to Levenworth WA. It's a really cute German village in the mountains. Theres all kinds of stuff you can do there. I really liked it.
http://www.leavenworth.org/modules/pages/?pageid=1

Also go see the Victoria(Butchart) gardens in in Victoria BC.
http://www.butchartgardens.com/the-gardens/

The Experience museum is pretty cool too.
http://www.empsfm.org/index.asp

Another cool thing to do in Seatle is Game Works. Yes I like playing video games.
http://www.gameworks.com/

Have fun
Mandy

[aggie79]

Having heard that Seattle was the "Austin of the Northwest", we have decided to go there for a week or so to check it out.

We'll arrive tonight and stay downtown a couple of days. We're definitely going to Olympia, NP. After that, who knows?

Tentatively, we were thinking about checking out Vancouver, Whistler, and possibly Vancouver Island.

Unfortunately this will be a "car & hotel" trip, not a TD trip, but we'll still try to take bunches of in case anyone's interested.

Monday or so, we'll probably go and explore the San Juan Islands. We'll stay a day or two with Sarah's cousin, who lives right be the ferry in Anacortes.

We're really looking forward to this trip, since we haven't been on a proper vacation in over 2 years!

Wish us luck!

Let us know how it goes. We're heading there the last week in June. I've been to Seattle before, actually Tacoma, but I was on a boat (Navy - I was in Navy ROTC) and that was 35 years ago.

[chorizon]

We got back last night, and we had a blast! The weather was awesome! Sorry to "post and run", but we were having such a good time I didn't fire the laptop up until we were at the airport yesterday!

Rodney we visited the Market and it was sensory overload. They were having a cheese and wine festival while we were there and it was a cool hangout. I wish we were staying at a place with a kitchen, because we could've spent $200 on the awesome seafood we saw there!

Scott, we were fully prepared to go to Vancouver and Vancouver island, but we didn't make it. That will be our next trip, we'll definitely be back.

Mightydog, we'll definitely have to pencil that in on one of up-coming trips, it looks beautiful!

Mandy, we wanted to go see Victoria, but we ran out of time. We saw the Museum and it was really neat. The building itself is very impressive. Darn! I wish I'd have known about the Game Works, I too have whiled away the hours playing my share of games (instead of finishing my TD!) Same for Leavenworth, that looks like a really nice place.

Tom, we loved it. We're actually thinking about selling the house and "going mobile" for a couple of years. First stop will definitely be Washington State...the green side!

I'll put together some piccies in "Trips & Hiway Tales". Like I said, we "hoteled-it" but we still got to see plenty of places I can't wait to bring the TD to!

Thanks everyone for your input, we'll definitely be back to see more!

[stumphugger]

We don't mind visitors, but if you want to permanently relocate here, we have this rule.

Before you move here, you must wait until double the amount of members in your party leave.

It's gotten crowded.

Remember, we have a big earthquake that is overdue, quite a few active volcanoes ( I live between 2 of them) wildfires, landslides, tsunamis, floods, and it rains all the time. Here it is Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer, and I have a fire going in the woodstove. It is overcast, raining and 46 degrees outside.

You'll have to spend extra money on several sets of raingear. Our snow has the same consistancy as wet concrete. That's why a major form of entertainment for us rural residents is to pop some popcorn and turn on the news to watch the car acrobatics when Seattle gets a half inch of snow.

Because the year round monsoon can affect your moods, you will be spending vast sums of money on snooty coffee for "a fix".

We smell of mildew. We don't notice it until we venture into a drier climate. Then when we open our bags, we notice as the smell leaps out.

Slugs. Go out to the woodpile in the morning, grab a chunk of wood, and feel something sticky and slimy. Look at it and begin to gag. You've grabbed a slug along with the wood. Our slugs average about 4 inches long. After a while, you won't gag as much.

Around February people tend to really get cranky. Prepare to spend money on travel. To a sunny place, or spend more money on Snooty Coffee.

If everybody in Seattle was cheery and nice, they haven't lived here very long.

Just warnin' ya.

[mandy]

We don't mind visitors, but if you want to permanently relocate here, we have this rule.

Before you move here, you must wait until double the amount of members in your party leave.

It's gotten crowded.

Remember, we have a big earthquake that is overdue, quite a few active volcanoes ( I live between 2 of them) wildfires, landslides, tsunamis, floods, and it rains all the time. Here it is Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer, and I have a fire going in the woodstove. It is overcast, raining and 46 degrees outside.

You'll have to spend extra money on several sets of raingear. Our snow has the same consistancy as wet concrete. That's why a major form of entertainment for us rural residents is to pop some popcorn and turn on the news to watch the car acrobatics when Seattle gets a half inch of snow.

Because the year round monsoon can affect your moods, you will be spending vast sums of money on snooty coffee for "a fix".

We smell of mildew. We don't notice it until we venture into a drier climate. Then when we open our bags, we notice as the smell leaps out.

Slugs. Go out to the woodpile in the morning, grab a chunk of wood, and feel something sticky and slimy. Look at it and begin to gag. You've grabbed a slug along with the wood. Our slugs average about 4 inches long. After a while, you won't gag as much.
Around February people tend to really get cranky. Prepare to spend money on travel. To a sunny place, or spend more money on Snooty Coffee.

If everybody in Seattle was cheery and nice, they haven't lived here very long.

Just warnin' ya.

I forgot about the sluggs.

[35thAV]

We don't mind visitors, but if you want to permanently relocate here, we have this rule.

Before you move here, you must wait until double the amount of members in your party leave.

It's gotten crowded.

Remember, we have a big earthquake that is overdue, quite a few active volcanoes ( I live between 2 of them) wildfires, landslides, tsunamis, floods, and it rains all the time. Here it is Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer, and I have a fire going in the woodstove. It is overcast, raining and 46 degrees outside.

You'll have to spend extra money on several sets of raingear. Our snow has the same consistancy as wet concrete. That's why a major form of entertainment for us rural residents is to pop some popcorn and turn on the news to watch the car acrobatics when Seattle gets a half inch of snow.

Because the year round monsoon can affect your moods, you will be spending vast sums of money on snooty coffee for "a fix".

We smell of mildew. We don't notice it until we venture into a drier climate. Then when we open our bags, we notice as the smell leaps out.

Slugs. Go out to the woodpile in the morning, grab a chunk of wood, and feel something sticky and slimy. Look at it and begin to gag. You've grabbed a slug along with the wood. Our slugs average about 4 inches long. After a while, you won't gag as much.

Around February people tend to really get cranky. Prepare to spend money on travel. To a sunny place, or spend more money on Snooty Coffee.

If everybody in Seattle was cheery and nice, they haven't lived here very long.

Just warnin' ya.

Way to scare 'em off Stumphugger!

[stumphugger]

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Way to scare 'em off Stumphugger!

Even though I am not a Seattelite, somebody needs to do it. The Newbies who move here break the cardinal rule and tell folks it is beautiful. Well, maybe in August. Then more move here.

Perhaps this year's dark, chilly weather will thin out the herd?

[chorizon]

Thanks for the information, Bro. Maybe you ought to start your OWN thread in the Off Topic forum on how much "out-of-staters" suck.
Excellent way to ingratiate yourself to your fellow teardroppers.

[Cliffmeister2000]

I have a brother who lives in Federal Way. He has lost all signs of color to his skin. He has a shake roof on his house. Here in sunny Phoenix, shake roofs spontaneously combust. He doesn't have an air conditioner. He lives all winter long (and winter is 10 months a year!) in his basement huddled around his wood stove. He has to spray weed killer on his roof and driveway.

Now that he's retired, he goes to Berry Creek, CA 3 - 4 times each winter. By California standards, Berry Creek is no winter picnic, but to him, it's paradise!

Oh, he's been in Federal Way for over 30 years, and the 6 years before that were in Anchorage. He's already mutated into a native!