Sleepy in Seattle - Seattle, WA - 6155 Miles

We spent our last full day on the Olympic Peninsula touring the town of Port Townsend. Just a brief history lesson. In 1880 Port Townsend was the busiest seaport in the Pacific northwest. In anticipation of a railroad connection to Tacoma, the town underwent a building boom. Unfortunately the town's plan coincided with a major economic downturn where one quarter of the nations railroads failed. The rail line was never built. Sea transport migrated to Seattle and Tacoma and this Victorian seaport faded into oblivion. As a result downtown Port Townsend has not changed greatly over the past century. Many homes in the residential areas overlooking town date to the 1860-1890 era. This makes for an interesting place to wander for a few hours.

Friday we made the drive to Seattle stopping in Bremerton to tour a Viet Nam era destroyer and see a few mothballed aircraft carriers before reaching our hotel in Bellevue. I continued my pattern of booking hotels in areas likely to accept my cheapskate bids on Priceline. Bellevue fit my criteria and I can accept a 10 minute drive to downtown Seattle.

Today we went into town to see the Space Needle, Pike Market, and the Pioneer Square area. Pioneer Square was the original skid row but now has morphed into a mixture of young, chic, hip, upscale, etc., and the homeless. The homeless seem to be losing this battle.



















Monday we head out to visit Terry's brother and his family in Olympia. Staying with them will even beat Priceline. They said we could stay as long as we want but I don't think they fully grasp the impact of making such an offer to people with no permanent address.