by iainandcai | Aug 10, 2015 | Washington State
DAY TEN When we told our American friends about this roadtrip, a few questioned the worth of travelling to Olympia, WA… Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, et al they could understand, but why on earth would we want to travel to Olympia? From our...
by iainandcai | Aug 9, 2015 | Washington State
DAY NINE Today was a significant moment — this was the first time we reached the Pacific Coast, and therefore the proper start of our road trip down the coast. This made Cai very happy indeed.* * Cai has asked me to note that the real reason she looks so pleased...
by iainandcai | Aug 8, 2015 | Washington State
DAY EIGHT Did I say yesterday that we had just eaten the best breakfast of our lives? Scratch that. Today we had an even better breakfast. We started with an orange pull-apart mini loaf, followed by baked banana with caramel salted yoghurt, then smoked salmon and...
by iainandcai | Aug 7, 2015 | Washington State
DAY SEVEN If we had been impressed with the Red Caboose B&B when we arrived, we truly fell in love with the place when we went for breakfast. Served in a 1937 art-deco dining car, our hosts Olaf and Charlotte provided an indulgent four-course meal including a...
by iainandcai | Aug 6, 2015 | Washington State
DAY SIX This was the start of the roadtrip proper. We picked up our hire car in the morning and discovered we were going to be driving a huge SUV for the next 3 weeks — we had asked for a smaller car but this is the US so no small cars were available! Before...
by iainandcai | Aug 5, 2015 | Washington State
DAY FIVE After taking things at a relatively relaxed pace in Day Four, we wanted to make sure that we saw the key things that Seattle has to offer in Day Five — namely the Space Needle, the EMP Museum and, of course, the local music scene. Oh, and some tasteful...
