I was never much of a 'long drive' girl growing up – squabbles with the Bro’ in the back sit and continuously whining “Are we there yet?”
Twenty or so years later – nothing has really changed.
Darren drives hours at a time and I fidget around and whine a bit – I am then challenged if I cannot say a word for an hour. Not really the kind of car games I am into – Eye Spy and a sing-a-long of ‘Who stole the cookies from the cookies jar’ works for me much better.
Still the build up before the road trip always excites me; our trip to Portland & Seattle was no different.
An early morning flight from San Francisco had us arrive in Portland, Oregon. Home of no Sales Tax = Shopping time!!!!
First Stop: A Trip to Multnomah Falls - the second tallest year round waterfall in the country. The water of the Falls drops 620 feet from its origin on Larch Mountain.
Since we only had one day in Portland I was keen to get shopping, or at least a stroll along NW 23rd Avenue with the cute shops and boutiques.
Next stop the Portland Saturday Markets and my purchases remained dismal, so let’s just concentrate on pretty Portland is -so lush and clean it really stood out as a great place to live. No offensive aromas like I find on the streets of San Francisco.
Next day we departed Portland for Seattle. I was so excited to be going to Seattle as it meant a catch up with a great friend who I had not seen in 5 years.
My old housemate from Perth had recently moved to Vancouver, Canada so we both had an approximate 3 hour drive to meet up in Seattle.
Benefit of living in Seattle is there is no Income tax – that beats no sales tax.
A great 360
o view of Seattle from the Space Needle, bit of music and dance at the Memorial Day Weekend Folk Festival, fish throwing at the Fisherman’s Markets and lots of eating – but it really was all about a great catch up.
Monday already and it was time to farewell Tammy and Seattle – Home Sweet Home to San Francisco.
Another road trip complete.
Q. How many road trips left?
A. Definitely One
Come late June we will heat up on a road trip from Miami, Florida to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Q . Does it get anymore exciting?
A. Yes it does – But I will leave the more exciting news for next time.
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Mel
