Mt Rainier National Park

Mt Rainier National park has implemented a reservation system to limit the number of people that can enter the park on any given day. Eitan, of course, booked our time slot months ago, and he chose the 7:00 to 9:00 am one, which is the earliest. That means waking up early again to drive about…

Crossing Washington: Sequim, Port Townsend and Poulsbo

Today wasn’t a completely pre-planned day so Eitan started researching all the places to explore on our drive to Tacoma.  Suddenly there was plenty to do, which led to a very full day – what better way to celebrate our 9th Wedding Anniversary! Where we were staying, Sequim, is known for the Lavender Trail.   We…

Olympic National Park

There are several ways to get from Seattle to Olympic National Park, we chose the fun route that included a Ferry crossing from Edmonds to Kingston. This ferry also can save you a couple hours of driving time if there is a lot of traffic in the city. Here is the map of all of…

The Space Needle

The next morning, after waiting for the ducks to cross the street, we had a fantastic breakfast in a small coffee shop on the way to the Space Needle. When we were researching things to do in Seattle, many people recommended to skip the Space Needle and go to another observation deck instead. We decided…

Seattle: Parks, Salmons, and Airplanes

Today’s blog post actually happened at the end of our trip after visiting the National Parks, but for the sake of simplicity and continuity, we will post this one as the 3rd day in Seattle. On our last full day in Seattle, we scratched off some additional areas we wanted to explore. First, we went…

Seattle: From Elliott Bay to Lake Union

When we woke up, we realized we had a notification from Alaskan Airlines that our flight was delayed 3 hours, luckily, we were still at home and were able to switch flights to the next one, which was supposed to depart around 20 minutes earlier than our delayed flight. This ended up being a great…