Back From Seattle!

I just got back from my vacation in Seattle last night/this morning…we had a 3 hour flight delay…which means I didn’t walk through my front door until almost 6am. I’m exhausted! I couldn’t resist sharing just one photo though! I went with my best friend, mom, and her mom…we had a blast! I seriously LOVE Seattle!

When we arrived we headed to our Hotel. We stayed at The Westin – wow! The views were nothing short of spectacular! We were on the 39th floor and could see the harbor and Seattle skyline!  We decided to head to the Space Needle first. It was very cold! That night we ate at a great italian restaurant called Il Fornaio’s. It was sooo yummy! On our first day we went to Pike Place Market. It was so amazing! You can grow virtually anything in Washington’s rainy, mild weather! There were rows and rows of the beautiful flowers…fresh-cut flowers of every kind and color can be found at Seattle’s public market…sunflowers, dahlias, this list goes on an on! There were also so many street performers and fabulous restaurants! We ate breakfast at Lowell’s …which of course was a Dungeness Crab Omelet while we enjoyed the views of the Olympic Mountains, the ferries crossing Puget Sound and a seagull’s view of the Port of Seattle! We stopped at the Pike Place Fish Market and watched them perform! It was just like in their video! So cool! We also went to the original Starbucks, which opened it’s doors in 1971! Later that evening we ate at Cutter’s and tried raw oysters for the first time! They were great! I had the halibut! Mmmmm….

On day two we drove up to Anacortes to take a whale watching tour with Island Adventures! It was fantastic! We never saw a whale…but we did see the spray or blow from a huge humpback whale! The cruise alone was amazing though! We even went into Canadian waters and saw Victoria, British Columbia! We got a free pass to come back again! Hooray!

On our last day we headed over to Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour. It was hilarious and sooo informative! I’m a history buff and I love ghost stories…it turns out the T.A.P.S  team from Ghost Hunters did an investigation there…I’m obsessed with that show!

Seattle was so amazing! We will definitely be going back! The only thing we missed was a visit to Forks! I am completely obsessed with the Twilight series…I know, I know! It’s my guilty pleasure! But on the flight home I heard some girl behind us mention that she was from Port Angeles…I got an excited feeling! Missy just looked at me and laughed! Lol…