Seattle Vacation - May 2007

Hello all,

I started this blog because My wife, DeAnne and I took a vacation back in May 2007 with her parents to Seattle, Washington. We had such a great time while we were there that I thought I'd like to just share some of our fun with anyone who is interested.

Its funny, because before we left I wasn't even sure I really wanted to go. I was very busy with work and I thought, 'do I really want to fly all the way across the country just to visit another city??' After all, it's not like this was a cruise or something? Well as it turned out I ended up having the time of my life. Seattle was great and the whole Northwest region that we visited was incredibly beautiful.

So what I'd like to do in this blog is just share some pictures with you and give play by play synopsis of our trip. Kind of like a pictorial travel guide.

I hope you enjoy this and I will say this: If you ever get a chance to visit the Seattle area, take it - you won't be disappointed.

Well, I guess the best place to begin is at the beginning. We flew out of Jacksonville, Florida early on Tue, May 22. We had a very uneventful flight and arrived at SeaTac Intl. Airport around 11:00am Seattle time. My inlaws did not want to get up that early so they opted for a later flight, a decision they'd soon regret. As we were walking to baggage claim I noticed a message on my cell phone. It turned out that there was some severe weather across the plain states all the way down to Texas. So their flight was postponed until the following day. This forced them to get a hotel room in Jacksonville to wait for their flight the next day. Of course, who needs that extra expense.

My wife and I rented a car from Hertz and drove to our hotel. We actually stayed in Renton, Wa. which is a small town about 20 minutes south of Seattle. We were staying at a Marriott, TownePlace Suites hotel. It was very nice and the staff was superb. Whenever we had a need, if the folks at the desk couldn't help us, the manager was right there and even helped us get our bags to our rooms. I highly recommend the TownePlace Suites hotel in Renton. It was very clean and the staff was top notch.

Well, its late so I'll end today's post here with our arrival at our hotel. Tomorrow we'll look at what we did after we settled in.