Anniversary Trip!!

On September 21, 1985 I married the love of my life, my best friend, my soulmate.  This trip is to celebrate 30 years of wedded bliss.  We started early with a party at home on 9/12 with 50 of our closest family and friends.  We were so disappointed that Nikki and Manna were both too sick to fly up from L.A.  We had a wonderful time visiting with everyone.  Mother-in-Law Marion was visiting for 2 weeks, and went camping with us over Labor Day Weekend.  Now it's time for just the two of us.

We flew to Seattle on 9/16 and spent 2 nights at the Quality Inn & Suites.  It was a fairly last minute reservation, as our plans changed a few days before we departed.  The location was good, near the Seattle Center.  The hotel was neither Quality or Sweet.  It was inexpensive (by Seattle standards) and only for 2 nights.  We sucked it up and dealt with it.

On arrival day we ended up down by the waterfront and went to Ivar's for dinner.  We walked a lot!

On Day 2 we went to the EMP museum, then to Chinatown.  We went to Harbor City restaurant for dim sum.  The pieces were huge!  After that we went to Pioneer Square.  It was a bit disappointing, but it was raining and we seemingly walked in circles.  I'm told we should do an underground tour there.  We might get a chance after we go back to Seattle.  To get out of the rain we went to a movie in the evening.  We saw Learning To Drive.  We walked about 8 miles.

Today is Day 3.  The hotel shuttle took us to Pier 69, from where the Victoria Clipper departs.  We checked our bags, got our boarding passes, then had about 4 hours to kill.  We walked to Pike Place Market and the surrounding area.  We returned to Pier 69 and waited to board.  We met a couple from Santa Rosa, then coincidentally sat with them during the trip.  Sharon and I had a lot in common.  Who knows, we may establish a new friendship.

After our arrival in Victoria we walked to our timeshare, WorldMark Victoria.  We have a nice 2 bdrm, 2 bath unit with a great view.  It's too bad they don't have smaller units here.  We went to a small nearby market to get a few things for breakfast, then went next door to Fishermans Wharf for dinner.  Then it was time to get settled into our place to spend the next week.