Seattle!!!!

Katelyn and I are back from our amazing trip to Seattle!! it was so so fun! I LOVED like all of Washington! (except like two of the four hours between Spokane and Seattle....BORING!) Its so green and full of trees!!! its beautiful!!! Warning...this could be a long post...but deal with it! cuz i just wanna gush about my trip!!!

Day One we left about 4 o'clock and drove to Spokane. It actually went pretty fast and wasn't near as bad of a drive as i was expecting. We slept on Katelyn's sisters floor that night in Spokane and then headed out to Seattle the next day.

Day Two was probably the worst of the whole drive. Well only two hours of it. Eastern Washington, after Spokane, is almost as bad as driving through Southern Wyoming. Flat, and boring.... but then it gets really pretty really fast! We went over this cool bridge that goes over the Columbia River. I was gonna post a bunch of pictures but they take forever to load, so i will only post a few. The views were amazing! We were gonna stop at the temple first but missed the exit, so instead we went to the hotel first and check in. Our hotel was REALLY nice! probably one of the nicest I have stayed in. It had 2 flat screen TV's, 2 beds, granite counter with a sink, mini fridge and microwave, it had a couch and all that. It was way nice! and we got it for $74 a night!!! It smelled like they had just re-painted...one downside. Here is a picture of the bed part, just to give you an idea. When we got settled into our hotel we ate dinner and then we decided to just drive around the area of our hotel a bit. All of the sudden we turn the corner and there is the HUGE mall!!! probably one of the biggest i have ever been in! it was awesome! We walked around a bit and then bought some super sweet sun glasses for like $5. Excellent! When we were done at the mall we went back and went to the temple. We took a few pictures and then Katelyns camera died. She wanted to see if we could find a wal-mart so she could buy a new cord to charge it. We found out there was a Walmart in Renton but we didnt know where in Renton....but well well well what do you know we practically drove right to it again! We had SUPER good luck the whole time we were in Seattle! We didnt get lost a single time! Any way, then we just went back to the Hotel and watched some randome show. We thought about doing the paper view thing but they were like $12 to watch a movie once!! geez louise!!!

Day Three is where it gets a little more exciting! We woke up and ate a WONDERFUL hot breakfast of hashbrowns, eggs, and sausage. Then we got ready and made our first adventure into the heart of Seattle! The first thing on our list was Woodland park Zoo. It was pretty fun. Pretty much like every other Zoo you have been to. The views from North Seattle were pretty cool though! And i loved the feel of the houses up there and the steep hilly populated part of the city! I loved it!!! here is a picture across from the Zoo. After the Zoo we made our way to Downtown Seattle. We were kinda worried about parking so we took the first one we saw....kind of a bad idea just because we ended up paying a butt load for two hours...and we found about a million other places closer and cheeper.... but it ended up being ok. We then made our way up to the top of the Space Needle! I dont know what it is about it but i LOVE city scapes! i think they are so cool! i wish i could have seen it at night. I took about a million pictures up there. When we came down we asked these two random guys to take a picture for us. They very willingly did and then one decided that he wanted a picture with us and the space needle. He said "I want to stand in the middle of you girls. Then we can make the bars!! Like verizon!" He meant like the signal bars for cingular or whatever because Katelyn was so short and i was so tall. He was just a bit shorter then me. HAHA i thought it was funny... Then the other guy decided that he wanted his picture too... He was like 15 and he jumped in and put his arms around us. I bet he thought he was pretty cool. I wish i woul have got a picture with them too but we didnt think about it til after they walked away. After the Space Needle we went to the experience music project. They had this cool thing that looked like a tornado with guitars, keyboards drums, all that stuff it was way cool. The featured artist was Jimi Hendrix. Neither of us are too into him, but it was cool to see some of his costumes and music and all that. They also had a place up stairs with individual booths that teach you how to play the certain intruments. We did a keyboard one for like two seconds and they it froze up but it was fun. After we were done there we had to go because our time was up for where we parked. After Seattle we drove back to the mall by our Hotel and ate Panda express. A luxury we dont have in Idaho. We both snarfed it! it was so good and we were so hungry and tired after being on our feet all day! Next we went to the hotel and just chilled. Our feet hurt and we were way tired so we just laid in bed and watched TV. We fell asleep SUPER early....like 10-ish and it felt SO good to get some rest!

Day four was probably the most exciting! We woke up and ate another wonderful breakfast at our fancy hotel and then got ready. The first stop on todays list was the Aquarium. We actually took our time to find good parking and got a way better deal. We walked down to the water front and took some pictures and then made our way in the Aquarium. They had some way cool features and it was very educational. There were lots of very different things and kept you entertained. They had this part where you could touch them. A lot of the Star fish were slimy...it was kinda gross. The aquarium has some good views of the Olympic mountains and Elliott bay. After the Aquarium we did a cruise of Elliot bay. The captian of our boat was hilarious. Katelyn and i were bustin a gut! We actually got to learn even more about the history of Seattle which was pretty fun! The very first picture is from the boat. Here is a picture of Katelyn and I on the boat. After we rode the boat we just walked around downtown Seattle. Specifically Pike Place Market. It was cool to see all the little shops an all the things you could buy. I think my favorite was the rows and rows of flowers!!! I hated the smell of the fresh fish though! Katelyn was so disappointed because i HATE seafood! We could have got some really good stuff there but i am not a fan. Pike Place and downtown was cool but a little bit of a culture shock for me. There were TONS of homeless people....tons of creepy people that made me really nervous....especially the way they would look at you. Katelyn and I had death grips on our purses! We went to this super creepy store called Ye old Curiosity shop and it was freaky!! there were SO many people in there and most of them were way freaky. They sold kinda weird stuff that i was a little too nervous to look too closely at. It was kinda fun though once we got out alive. Plus also... i didnt feel like pike place was very sanitary. I didnt want to eat anything there. It made me a little nervous. Im sure going on a mission would cure that for me. It was still really cool though!!! After all that we got into Rio and made our way back to Spokane. By that time we were so so tired and kind of sick of traveling that we decided to skip touring spokane Sunday (today) like we were supposed to and just come home.

All in all the trip was AMAZING!!! i loved Seattle! I loved being away from home and having a little adventure of my own. Being in Seattle really made me excited to get out of Eastern Idaho and start a real life! Im excited to graduate college and live my life! I had a lot of time to think on the trip and it was just all around SO good for me! I really loved Washington! i definitely wouldn't mind visiting again soon! or who knows maybe even living there some day! its so beautiful!! Well thats all for now. Im gonna work on posting a few more pictures on facebook if you wanna see more!