Day 24 – Portland to Crescent City
I suppose when you stay in a hotel that has 4 bars and a cinema you are likely to encounter a bit of raucous behavior. After the wonderful night sleep I’d had the night before I had forgotten there was a potential for this to occur, so when I was awoken by doors slamming in [...]
Day 23 – Portland
After a great night sleep I woke up with a sore throat and congestion. Was petrified that I was getting tonsillitis again which I’d had a few months earlier in a really bad way. Nothing would ruin my trip more than a week of that – even the dreaded Swine Flu that everyone was talking [...]
Day 22 – Lake Quinault to Portland
It’s 5am, the curtains are open and it’s overcast. Through the window is a serene lake and jutting out in to it is a pontoon. The only thing missing was Morning by Greig playing in the background. The peacefulness was there, taunting us, knowing that we had to take the hire car to Portland by [...]
Day 21 – Victoria to Lake Quinault
Continuing our decadent food theme from the night before we decided to have breakfast in the Empress Lounge in the Fairmont Hotel. Mum decided to skip it and pack her bag, so it was only breakfast for four. We were seated near the fireplace in the posh surroundings of the dining room. I’m sure all [...]
Day 20 – Seattle to Victoria, B.C.
Had to be up and out of the hotel room by 6.45am to catch the Victoria Clipper ferry to Victoria. The port wasn’t too far from our hotel, but way too far to walk with luggage so we had to catch a taxi. We figured we’d have to order 2 cabs but when Auntie Sue tried [...]
Day 19 – Seattle
An early 6.30am start for me since I don’t think my time zones were in order yet from the east cost hangover. I headed down to the lobby to surf the net after waking up Pauline due to me getting the safe combination wrong trying to get my laptop out. Damn beepy noises. On the [...]
Day 18 – Seattle
Opening the windows of our hotel room on the 26th floor was inspiring and made us ready to go out and see the day. We were ready to go at 10.30am but Sue and Fiona weren’t so we left them behind for the day. Decided to go see the space needle and Experience musc project [...]
Day 17 – Boston to Seattle
Woke up to a view of the Boston Harbour outside our hotel window. I could get used to that. Could also get used to the rainfall shower that drops water from the ceiling. This was our most expensive hotel room of the trip – normally around $500 a night we were splashing out on a [...]
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