We left Coeur D'Alene this morning around 8:30am. We soon crossed the state line into Washington. For the first part of the drive I thought we were back in Kansas--it was very flat and uninteresting. But then we got to the Columbia River and things greatly improved. We soon saw snow capped mountains and lots of green trees. We stopped for lunch in North Bend which has a cute downtown but we did not do well in selecting our restaurant...well...you can't win them all.
I had never been to Seattle but had always heard that it's a lovely city but that the sun rarely shines. I guess today was a rare day because it was sunny as could be! We're staying at the La Quinta right in downtown. We have a nice little suite with a big wall of windows with a skyline view and a great view of the Space Needle. Mr Ripley received a bag of treats when we checked in so he gives this place 5 stars. While we were outside a bus driver came over to see him and said dogs can ride on the busses here. He said he'd let Mr Ripley ride for free anytime he wanted.
We saw that there was a 2nd Thursday Artwalk in the Capital Hill neighborhood tonight so we went to check that out. We saw a few interesting shows but the places didn't have nearly the crowds and good energy that we get in SLO for our Art After Dark.
We had a wonderful dinner at a place called the Tin Table. I had a beet salad and duck, Dwyne had an arugula and beet salad and pork tenderloin. Instead of having dessert at the restaurant we decided to go to an ice cream place we'd seen just below the restaurant. It's called Molly Moon's and when we got there after dinner the line was out the door. But it was worth the wait. I had a flavor called salted caramel and it was dream-worthy!
We drove around a little bit before returning to the hotel.
Tomorrow we hope to explore much more of Seattle.
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