Stuck in Seattle 



Pictures from this blog entry can be found here.

Lynda woke up Saturday morning (two in a row) with another MIGRAINE and was unable to travel, so I had to scramble and arrange for us to spend an extra day in Seattle and catch a flight home on Sunday instead of Saturday. Four hundred dollars later we were set, but instead of flying to Chicago and laying over for three hours and getting home before 9 PM, we now had a direct flight through Oakland and Las Vegas to Louisville and getting us home at 12:30 AM Monday. Could already feel my legs cramping up with the thought of spending 8 hours in a Pringles can with wings and not being able to get off the plane to stretch. Oh well, at least we have a way home and a place to sleep.

During the afternoon while Lynda was asleep, I took a walk around downtown taking pictures. The tour bus driver on Friday had told us that during the day it was safe to walk around, but to be cautious after dark, especially in places like the park built over the interstate across from the hotel. I walked down to the Pike Public Market and down along the waterfront and then back up Pike Street by all the stores. I probably walked 5-6 miles total over the course of 3.5 hours. I find that I like the city, despite its traffic and its 3.6 million people, but i couldn't live here because of the dreary weather most of the year and the threat of Mt. Ranier sending down a lahar when it erupts and burying it under a few hundred feet of mud. 

Posted: Fri - June 23, 2006 at 01:33 PM          

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