Honest to goodness snow in Seattle. It took it 2 extra days to arrive but it did. I snapped photos on my cold and snowy walk to work. Click to enlarge.
Seattle is a diverse and beautiful city that has a lot to offer in a small package. It is not a large city, if you want you can easily walk from Pioneer Square to Seattle Center (the length of the downtown core) in a little over an hour. There are some hills, and they are mostly East and West, the North and South routes are pretty flat, or have gradual hills. Generally, locals prefer hat and hoods to umbrellas, but it does rain much in the summers. Wear comfy shoes, especially if you will be walking around the city. Let's start with how to get around. A single comprehensive transportation system, is not something you will find here, it is a piecemeal collection of random transportation options. It is worth it to get an ORCA Card and load a little money on it, they are refillable. The bus system is cash only, monorail, Seattle Street Car, Ferry, light rail accept Credit cards. The ORCA card works with everything except the monorail ( ...
The trip home on Friday went so well, I felt no need to vent, so I am a few days late posting the events of the day. But today I did go to Zumba Class and I remembered why I feel like a square peg in the class made for circles. And it reminds me that somewhere in How to be a Girl 101, I missed the booty shake class and the body roll class. Oh I am made of so much fail in that class. Anywhoo.. back to Friday. Left the jobsite at around 1 pm and went out to lunch on the way to the airport. I was on the 4:30 flight to Houston, then the 7:30 flight (CENTER seat) to Seattle. The 7:30 flight was oversold, and they were offering $$ to give it up, but I was holding on, I was ready to be home. We arrived at the airport about 2;15, too late to get on the 2:30 flight, or so we thought. The 2:30 was delayed till 2:45, so I asked to move up to the earlier flight and so did CF (Cycling Fan), CF and I even were able to sit together and mock the Air Mall for the full 45 minutes. I never realized ...
I know I owe a ton of posts about the last 2 trips.. but this will have to do for now.. all the Gingy pics with people from the last 2 trips. :) Enjoy :)
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