Saturday, May 26, 2012

Everyday for 7 Weeks–Day 28–Seattle

Since I finished my bike maintenance yesterday, my day was a just that little bit more open. I still had a few errands to run though. The first was to call the dealer and explain again that they did in fact double charge me for the tires. After a lot of them messing around in the computer, they found the order. They spelled my last name ohman instead of luhman. yay skype!

The next was to get a hair cut! I was starting to look like a used tennis ball or old dish scrubby. With the hot weather approaching, it would also keep me a bit cooler. I did a quick search on google, and found a place within walking distance. I walked over there only to find an empty field that used to have building , but now only had grass. Doh! I walked back to the hotel, and got my bike to go find the next one. Riding there, I missed the turn since it was on a little dead end street tucked behind another building.

The inside was only 10x10. The main chair and three waiting chairs. There was a guy getting his hair cut when I arrived. While I waited, two more guys showed up. Popular place! I guess everyone wanted to look good for the long weekend of BBQ parties. I quickly figured out why it was busy. The barber was very entertaining and did a great job for cheap. I wish I had a place like this in MN.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

With his very thick Thai accent, he kept saying “Moto sickle…. vrooom vrooom” and making riding gestures with his arms and hands. He had us all cracking up.

After lunch I went to the airport to collect my wife. She got lucky and had a first class seat on Alaska Airlines. Nice!

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

She had these two small bags for checked bags and used her helmet as carry-on. The bags are REI brand 60L nylon bags. They fold up to less than a 12oz can of soda. Very important feature! Most of the bags we looked at were much larger. She needs to use it to carry her gear back home when she flies from San Diego.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

We hopped on the light rail and went downtown to see the city and enjoy some good food.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

The airport/hotel situation in Seattle is great. So many hotels within walking distance of the airport light rail terminal. The train takes 30 mins and about $3 to get downtown. very nice.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

It started raining just as we made it back up to street level from the train station. Guh. Neither of us brought coats. They were both warm and dry in the hotel room. hmm.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

My wife bought a little umbrella to make it stop raining. $15 it was all blue skies the rest of the day!

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

The food was AWESOME! It was totally worth the walk.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

We had some trouble figuring out what bus picked up where, so we walked. We figured walking from 5th to 12th would be 7 blocks. it was more like 15 because there was some named streets in the middle. it was long, but it gave us a chance to see more of the city.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

My wife thought this MP3 was cool. She’d never seen one before.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

I liked this little waterfall fountain.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

The lights on this building were much more dramatic in real life.  I did a poor job capturing it with the camera.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

We both thought the base of this building was interesting.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

Then it was back on the train to get some sleep.

Everyday for 7 Weeks - Day 28 - Seattle

A late night in Seattle, but we had a lot of fun. We are both very happy to be together again after 28 days apart.

The pace of the ride will be much slower the next couple weeks as we enjoy the coast. I think we might go 100 miles tomorrow.

 

Day 28 Full Flickr Album

9 comments:

  1. I hope the umbrella will be just as effective when you are on the bike. Maybe lashing it to the topcase will allow the clouds to see it ;-)

    Thank you for the Seattle tour and for posting all of the other photos on your trip.

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    1. lol. we might try it today as the clouds seem to have forgotten our purchase. worked great yesterday.

      glad you liked the photos. it wasn't much of a tour since we skipped the big touristy landmarks.

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  2. Good to see you and your wife get to travel together! Enjoy!

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  3. The food looks delicious. I will keep an eye on your tastiness blog to find out where you went.
    Do you think the missus would like to add an mp3 to your ever growing stable (insert envious sigh).

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    1. yes, finally have some good content on this trip for the tastiness blog :)

      I asked her, and she gave me a goofy look and said no. she just likes looking at them. lol.

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  4. Chris:

    after 28 days on the road by yourself I would think any of us would like to slow down a bit and relax. you've been going at a fast pace and have covered many miles.

    I've only been on the go since yesterday and I'm tired. I don't know how you do it

    and to Mrs Chris, welcome to the Pacific North West. That food looks delicious and I haven't had dinner yet . . .

    bob
    Riding the Wet Coast
    My Flickr // My YouTube

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  5. Hooray, I am so glad that after four weeks on the road you have been reunited with your wife.

    I agree with sonja that the food looks mighty tasty. You seem to be finding a lot of good eats.

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    1. You and me both!

      It was mighty tasty. mmmmm, so good. this part of the country is filled with good eats, so hard to go wrong :)

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