The Adventures of Richard & Bronte.

Sunday, 28 July 2013

leaving seattle

Friday 26th July 2013

Today we had to have the car back and be at the airport for our 11.30am flight to Milwaukee. The flight took us via Minneapolis to Milwaukee. We also lost 2 hours with the time change so it took us the rest of the day to get there. Once there we got our car and went straight to the motel. Got some dinner and called it a night. Tomorrow we will look around Milwaukee before going to Chicago.

downtown and boat cruise

Thursday 25th July 2013

Today we were going to spend the day looking around downtown Seattle and do a boat cruise from Lake Union to the main wharf at Seattle. The cruise was about 2.5 hours long and would take us from Lake Union through a lock back to the main pier. We started with a ride on the monorail and then walked to the old part of town where we went up to the top of the Smith Tower which is one of the tallest and oldest buildings in Seattle. It was the tallest building along with the space needle at the time of the world fair in 1962. Some of the old part of town was really pretty and the streets and parks are so well looked after. We got out to our boat ride and enjoyed a spectacular 2.5 hours. It was really well worth the money and was nice and relaxing with great views of the city and Mt Rainier. Tomorrow we leave Seattle and fly to Milwaukee.

monorail travels through the emp museum

the tracks ahead

looking out to puget sound

smith tower

view from tower to puget sound

space needle from smith tower

this chair brings good luck

our boat

lake union

floating house from sleepless in a seattle

entering the lock

mt rainier from puget sound

city skyline

Friday, 26 July 2013

mt rainier and mt st helen

Wednesday 24th July 2013

Today was a nice 600 km road trip to visit Mt Rainier and Mt St Helen. The day was beautiful and the scenery spectacular. We first headed to Mt Rainier stopping at all the vantage points along the way. From Mt Rainier it was a couple of hour drive to Mt St Helen and pretty winding road. Mt St Helen is amazing due to the fairly recent volcanic eruption in 1980. It was a full day and we had to stop for dinner before getting back to Seattle. This is truly an amazing place and these National Parks are a must if you travel this way.

mt rainier

a river running from the mountain

waterfall

another waterfall with rainbow

beautiful streams

still some snow in summer

wild flowers

rainier visitor centre

walking track to lookout

great weather

more water

panorama

more water falls

entrance to mt st helen

mt st helen

more wild flowers

great view of the volcano

panorama of mt st helen

track to visitor centre

mt rainier from mt st helen

before and after may 18th 1980

pictures captured 1 minute between
all three

massive bridge span on road to mountains

our ford!

museum of flight and seattle space needle

Tuesday 25th July 2013

Arrived into Seattle just before lunch and we headed to the Museum of Flight. We know they have a Concorde there and a number of other cool displays of planes. Checked into the motel and spent an hour or so there before driving into downtown Seattle to go to the Space Needle to see the sun set. We spent about two hours on the needle and got some really great photos. Mt Rainier was so easy to see as the weather here is beautiful and clear. Not to mention the mountain is 14000 feet tall. After the needle we caught the monorail just for fun. It was now after 10pm and dinner time. Grabbed some food and then got back to the motel to get some sleep. Off to Mt Rainier and Mt St Helen tomorrow.