Hello everybody. I was just in Seattle, which is one of my Dad's favorite places. It is the home of the Space Needle. The Space Needle is a cool, needle-shaped building that has a room at the top that you can look out of to see the city and the surrounding Puget Soun
d. Being in Seattle also means that we have now officially traveled across the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean! That also means I've spent over 150 hours in the car and have driven more than 7,500 miles since July 2nd.
The first night in Seattle we went to a great place called Via Tribunali, which is a restaurant with really good pizza, but that wasn't the best part. We had Nutella (hazelnut-based sweet spread) pizza for dessert and it was the best! Another highlight of our trip was when we got to see our friends, Simon and Theo, who we met at the dude ranch in Wyoming. We all went to a Mariners baseball game together.
d. Being in Seattle also means that we have now officially traveled across the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean! That also means I've spent over 150 hours in the car and have driven more than 7,500 miles since July 2nd.The first night in Seattle we went to a great place called Via Tribunali, which is a restaurant with really good pizza, but that wasn't the best part. We had Nutella (hazelnut-based sweet spread) pizza for dessert and it was the best! Another highlight of our trip was when we got to see our friends, Simon and Theo, who we met at the dude ranch in Wyoming. We all went to a Mariners baseball game together.
After Seattle, we took a ferry to a place called Orcas Island, which is
off the Washington coast. We stayed at a bed and breakfast that doubles
as a lavender farm. Since we were guests, we got to pick as much
lavender as we wanted (my Mom was thrilled). The beaches there had lots
of sea glass and since we collect sea glass, it was really fun looking
for it. We were especially excited to find lots of blue and purple
pieces, which are pretty rare. There was a lot of driftwood on the
beach we went to, so we made little log cabins. See Stefan's log cabin.One really fun thing to do on Orcas Island is go whale watching. When we went, we found a pod (or family) of orca whales. We also went kayaking. We had a really cool guide named Dave who was telling us all about sea stars, kelp and the Madrona tree. He let us eat the kelp right out of the ocean!
From Washington, we pack up to head to Oregon.
'Till next blog
We were there a couple years ago!! In 2006 our family rode our bikes around that whole area - including Orcas Island. It's beautiful!!
I'm looking forward to reading more of your blog entries and seeing what kinds of things you are learning. Our boys are learning TONS on our bike trip through the Americas and I'm sure you are learning just as much.
Enjoy your adventure!
Nancy
wow tyler you look like u r having tooooooooooons of fun. hope u r well.
your friend
zoe
You guys are awesome. Go Global!
Heyyyy its juliette!!!!
OMG SOUND SOOO COOL AND FUN WISH I WAS WITH YOU!!!!!!! miss u soooooo sooo much!!!!!
-juliette
HELLO TYLER i've seen your
videos on your blog keep makin them
even better.
your friend
Jonathan
Hi Tyler,
Nicole, Ben and I just got caught up on all you and Stefan's blogs and we are jealous. Nicole and I loved seeing the Orcas video -- she would have LOVED to go on that trip! The Nutella pizza looked yummy. We also loved watching the Hawaiian fire dancer. Tell your dad his videos are getting better and better!
Tracy
WOW! That looks yummy ! An I LOVE pizza!