Wherryonline North America 2017
A Travel Blog
Ain’t travel fun? We’ve flown, and had to wait for an hour on the tarmac in Sydney after arrival because of a broken plane at our gate. We’ve tried Greyhound and experienced delays for who knows what reasons. And now we’ve gone Amtrak. It started off well, leaving Seattle pretty much on time, soon after … Read more
Going west You would have thought that Seattle was about as west as we could be, but in fact there is a West Seattle and that was our first stop for today. After a lazy start, we walked the 3kms or so down to Pier 50 and got the water taxi over to West Seattle, … Read more
Today was both our second daytrip out of Seattle, and second meet-up of the holiday (to date). As you’ve probably guessed from this post’s title, our trip was to Washington state’s capital, Olympia. On our previous trip north, in 1992, we missed the main cities, skirting (or girting?!) up the coast and over to the … Read more
Whenever we stay in a city for more than a few days we like to get out of it – even gorgeous cities like Seattle! This trip we plan two trips away from the city, with today’s excursion to Bainbridge Island being the first one. We set off around 8.15 am on a walk that … Read more
Boeing, Boeing 707 Boeing, Boeing 707 Going, going, skywardly, heavenly Funny, or perhaps not, how often songs pop unbidden into my head. Today, as you’ve probably guessed, was our Boeing factory day. It was a tour day, the only way you can see the Boeing factory, so our feet had a little rest, as did … Read more