Posts have been pretty few and far between lately. We've been traveling a lot (not doing my golf game any good, that's for sure!). One of our trips was to Seattle and the San Juan Islands, mainly to attend the wedding of some of our friends from Chicago. We really hadn't spent much time in Seattle before and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We took a harbor tour and a guided tour of the city. We thought they would give us the most exposure given that we didn't have a lot of time to spend there. It was a good visit, but I don't think I could live in Seattle. The weather is just too depressing. Seattlites delight in telling visitors that it doesn't rain as much there as it does in, say, Chicago. Probably a surprise to most people. On the other hand, the sun only comes out about 5 days a year. Mt. Ranier is less than 100 miles from Seattle and is alleged to loom over the city. However, we never saw it while we were there.
Here are a couple of pictures of Seattle's skyline from different vantage points--one from our cruise and one from a hill overlooking the city.
The San Juan Islands were very pretty and the weather was much better. Their geography is such that on Lopez Island where we visited we were actually north of Victoria, British Columbia.
Here's a shot from the ferry that took us out to Lopez Island. If you look closely you can see Mt. Baker.
Lopez Island was idyllic. It was larger and had a more varied topography than we expected. It was a very nice setting for the wedding--but more on that in my next post.
