Washington had just legalized marijuana, and there was some type of Cannabis Convention in town. So Seattle was even more eclectic than usual. But we made our way through the crowd and had some lunch at a great little sushi restaurant. We figured that, while in Seattle, sea food needs to be the focus.
After lunch, we walked down to Pike Place Market.
It needs no introduction, but I did find out that it's the longest running farmer's market in the United States. We dragged our bags through the fishmongers and tourist shops, and finally parked ourselves at a place that had a good happy hour. We had a couple of hours to kill before dinner, and our travel budget was running on fumes.
Aimee's aunt and her husband took us to what was unquestionably the nicest restaurant of the trip. It was the type of sea food restaurant that I probably couldn't have afforded the water at. But, man, it sure was tasty.
It was really nice to meet Aimee's aunt, and we had a wonderful chat about life in the Pacific Northwest. They had to keep reminding me that this was their one day of sunshine for the year, or else I would have moved there tomorrow.
Our hotel was another internet booking that looked a lot better in a 400 x 600 pixel photograph, but it did the trick and it was close to the airport. Plus, the bus ride along the giant Boeing campus was a surprise treat.
It had been a wonderful trip, and we were exhausted. We weren't excited about another vacation coming to and end, but we were looking forward to returning to $0.79 donuts and coffee that tastes as bad as its supposed to. It was good to be home.
