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Thank you thank you for all your travel suggestions! Keep them coming! Annie, I was thinking about you earlier. I have a friend in San Diego who I ALWAYS miss seeing when I go there, and I assume that you aren't near Seattle or you would have said something, right? Because that would be tragic if you were right down the street from us and we didn't know. Also, yeah, Mapquest actually said 13hours 40 minutes. So add in the gas stops and food stops and it should take a good 15 hours. I was thinking about leaving at 4-5am, but now I'm thinking maybe leave around 11pm the night before... maybe napping all day Saturday, then taking one nap break on the way there. We'd get there in the afternoon, the kids could explore while I slept at the hotel. And then we'd be ready for dinner. We have nothing lined up until around 10am the next day when I booked a duck tour. Later in the week I got some concert tickets for the kids on a Tuesday night at an all ages venue, El Corazon. They'll get to go see Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams) and Chris Conley (of Saves The Day). I don't know who those people are but their MySpace music sounded nice and Buffy has heard of them. So that will get them out of my hair while Mommy gets some sleep on Tuesday, heh. And I booked the tasting tour at Pike Place Market. Other than that, we'll be staying at 5th and Blanchard and should be within walking distance of anything we want to do. Keep up the suggestions! Posted by Pischina at July 22, 2008 10:29 PMComments
One other suggestion: There are plenty of pretty nice rest stops along I-5 - in particular the one at Klamath River (not too far south of the Oregon border)where you can have a nice picnic (tables and restrooms!)and stretch your legs. Unless you're really set on road food, it's a money saver to bring along a cooler with sammiches and drinks ... not to mention it's good to get out of the car and move around ecery so often. Of course, it will be hot out this time of year, but maybe that's part of the charm - hee. Hope you have a wonderful time - Seattle is one of my favorite cities. Did anyone mention the Sculpture Park? It's on the sound, and has some amazingly huge sculptures. And it's freeeeeeee! Posted by: Leslie at July 23, 2008 2:22 PMPost a comment
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