Sleeping In Seattle

ROADTRIP...

VANCOUVER to SEATTLE

From Vancouver we decided to take the Beast on her maiden journey into the States. Heading south, we pointed the Beast towards Seattle!

VANCOUVER CANADA... to SEATTLE USA

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SEATTLE

Seattle City taken from Puget Sound. The Space Needle is on the left, and interestingly enough, all the downtown buildings to it's right have been built since the 1960's.

Twilight and the Space Needle, taken from under the artistic folds of the Seattle Science Centre.

Sunset reflecting in the Science Centre facade.

Public Art in Seattle - plenty about.....

The Space Needle is the public's nickname for this structure, as it apparently resembles a UFO perched atop giant knitting needles....

Science Centre

Claudia super excited about all the mind-expanding knowledge within....

Claudia - hangs up the travelling lawyer boots for good, and embarks on a new and prosperous career (lifelong dream) as Seattle's Newest Weathergirl.

Ok. This was scary. Claudia ventured out over the edge of the Science Centre roof after countless bloopers as the weathergirl. Luckily, Dane was ready (note the pluggers.....) to talk her through the situation - back onto the safety of the roof, and was able to rescue this weathergirl's career. One small step for a man, one giant leap in meteorology.

Cruising the Harbour

You can take a sail around Seattle's harbour, so we decided to take a look, as it seemed we got lucky and saw Seattle in Sunshine! (yep, that's right folks, its cloudy in Seattle an average of 226 days a year!!)

A male Sealion poses atop a harbour marker.

Seattle Sailing....


We finally managed to find some HEALTH FOOD among all those expanding American waistlines - this gem featured two double scoops, hot fudge, and a (carb reduced?) waffle cone.


Life in the Beast

Battling dementia. Seriously. The mind was losing its grip on sanity. After navigating the concrete spaghetti of Seattle's highways, we found the Issaquah Highlands Camping and RV Site (under the management of Ranger Gary).

Claudia insisted on sporting the minor's light headress inside a moving vehicle to navigate the map while Dane steered the Beast. Crazy times indeed....

The back of the Beast in our Seattle home.....

Folks, we'd like to introduce you to the evening's special guest, Ranger Gary. We produced a digital camera, and Gary exclaimed - "it's just like a little TV!" - it was the first digital camera Gary had ever seen. Righteyo.

OK. This was completely hilarious. Gary then rushed us excitedly back to his camper and produced these two guitars, while we braced ourselves for the ensuing jam session. Amps and microphones later, the stage was set, and we opened the show with some blistering guitarwork and harmonious vocals. tsk tsk. We took plenty of pictures with our little TV......

Gary. The man. The moment. Eyes closed, Bud in hand. Loving it.

Head down, emotions ran high, as we sang through the duct-taped mic...... Gary played the next tune, which was ended prematurely, as he couldn't continue through his tears. The song reminded him of his "ex old-lady" and he left the trailer to weep gently outside.

Well, we are in the home town of Nirvana!