MOOCHING AROUND SEATTLE

Day 224

Seattle, Washington State, USA

57F here...brrr....

But! Beautiful days..not raining at all! And we were told..it rained or was overcast 180 our of 365 days a year! So...we're lucky, at least for today!

Today we basically just walked around..after sleeping in until 11am! Chicago wore us out! (Having free internet didn't help...had a few late nights!) We popped into the Moore Theatre next door...so gorgeous. And met a few of the locals...talked about their town, which they were happy to brag about. And who wouldn't. There seems to be a lot of industry going on here...with all the businesses that i mentioned in the last blog. Especially Microsoft and Starbucks. Apparently there are 100 Starbucks alone, just in central Seattle. And we noticed it...they're on every street corner! And even the one that said " Best Coffee " is owned by Starbucks!!

IT's such a great coffee..I LOVE it!!!!!!!!! Geepers, i know i will miss it when we leave that's for sure. Talk about addicted to good coffee.

Had Starbucks sandwich and coffee for BRUNNER.......breakfast, lunch, dinner combined!! haha

Then...went to the movies. Saw The Kingdom at the Regal Theatre (reminded us of the Regal at home!) What a great theatre. We got some dvd's from there. Have the latest 12 movies on there..and a few games. It was for all the customers that went so we got 5 of them! Four for the kids of course! If they want them!

Also went to our first point of call..the Tourist Centre. Which here in Seattle they call the Concierge. Was hard to find..but we finally found it..and booked 3 tours. A city and a Boeing Tour for tomorrow..and a tour to Mt Rainier on Sunday. Monday we leave..so that should show us Seattle.

We're near the pier so we can go to the Market St Pier ourselves...apparently there is good fish and chips and salmon there!!

The lady there at the Concierge told us the free busses in the city was an idea Seattle Town Planners got from Perth. Cool hey. Our clipper idea has taken off over the world!!!

Oh yeah..we were reading the Seattle Times today....there is a Dodge in there for US $20,000! A corvette for US $ 19,000 and the latest Mustang for US $16,000!!!

Talk about cheap cars for sale here!! Between the cheap cars..and cheap fuel...Americans can only be happy customers!

OH and...there are NINETY NINE channels of TV on the air...............

Amazing hey...

Tonight..we're watching Forest Gump! Already planned....love that movie.....

"Stupid is, as stupid does" hehe