Seattle

My travel to Washington state is limited to a single visit to Seattle, but it was a particularly good one. Again, it was for a conference, and the flight was long enough that we actually had a large plane - I don't know model numbers but it was one that has 2 seats on either side and 5 in the middle. It doesn't feel so cramped for a long flight as does a standard plane.

In Seattle, we visited the Space Needle, saw the famous Pike Place Market, and ate in a couple of great restaurants, one of which practically hung out over the Sound. We also saw the Seattle Aquarium and took a boat trip to Tillicum Village on Blake Island, where we ate a traditional Native American meal and saw a stage show of their dances.


Seattle has wonderful coffee. Even before Starbucks won the "every coffee shop on the corner" contest, Seattle had shops all over offering Seattle's Best. At the time I visited there, so many years back, that was a new thing.


I would like to go back. I only got a glimpse of the nearby Mt Ranier and Mt St Helens from the plane (there may have been a clear day or two while there but I don't remember). I would like to see either of them from a better vantage point.