November 16 -- Off to Seattle

The flight from Anchorage to Seattle was uneventful. We had a window and aisle seat in the same row hoping the middle seat would be empty. We scored. There was no one in the middle seat. We tried to sleep on the way down but it was difficult at best. Bonnie tried to “stretch” out in  the window and middle seat but certainly isn’t long enough to do that. I stayed sitting up and dosed occasionally but did not really sleep. We had a good tail wind so got into Seattle half hour early. We collected out bags and trudged off to the light rail to get downtown.

The light rail is the way to get to downtown Seattle from the airport. A taxi ride can cost upward to $50. The rail ride is $3 from Sea-Tac to Westlake Station and is probably faster depending on the time of day. We will use it again at the end of the trip when we return to downtown Seattle.

Once downtown we walked the four blocks to the Camlin. We are owners in a time share that allows you to stay many different places in the world an this is one of the properties. Normal check-in time is 4 PM. We arrive at check-in at 7 AM and asked if it would be possible to check-in early. Behold, someone did not show up the night before and they had a room available for us right away. We went up to the room settled in and promptly slept until 11 AM. A much needed rest.

We prepared ourselves to go out and went to the desk to ask for suggestions on a place to eat. The Dragonfish was suggested and since we had eaten there a couple of times in past years we went there for lunch. The lunch was excellent and only two blocks from the Camlin. After lunch we walked around downtown for a bit, stopped at a drugstore and then went back to our digs.

During the time at the hotel we checked out movies and decided to see Bridge of Spys. On our way to the movie we stopped at Pike Place Chowder in the Pacific Center Mall. We both had New England clam chowder that was excellent. The movie turned out to be excellent as well. After the movie we returned to the Camlin and a good night’s sleep.