Seattle's Pike Public Market

Our trip from Deadwood, SD took us across Montana and then into Washington. We got about 80 miles east of Seattle on I-90 and found that the road conditions were very rough for an interstate highway. For a while I was worried that the fillings in my teeth were going to be shaken out of place. The conditions lasted all the way into Seattle and then on I 5 south was just as bad for about 40 more miles. We stopped for a couple of nights at McChord Air Force Base FamCamp. Nice campground, great price the only problem is that it is in the middle of a red wood forest so that eliminated the use of our satellite dish and problems with our Internet connection. We had to rough it for a couple of nights.

We had heard so much about Seattle that it was one of those places you have to see. We made our way into town the next morning and found that we couldn't get out of town fast enough. We made it to Pike's Public Market on the waterfront and walk the area. We spent a couple of hours there and headed back to the base. Road conditions, traffic and road construction and talking with locals is that you only have a few hours to enjoy the city as heavy traffic runs till after 9 and starts again around 2 pm, so that does not give much time for sight seeing. We come to the conclusion that we like the country settings, State and National Parks and just enjoying the quieter things in life.

Our next journey to this area will be better planned so that we will visit Olympic National Park and stay out of the big city.