Ever since we went to the Pacific Northwest last year we have been itching to get back again. So, we chose to do our marathon in Seattle! Nathan & I booked our trip to go out 6 days early and enjoy the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle for a few days. Our love for the PNW grew even stronger!
Our cottage in Sequim, WA. On the water.
A fresh market we fell in love with. Everything organic and fresh. We bought lunch here- panini's and some sides. YUM!
These two pictures were almost an hour apart! We went from beach to mountains (with snow!) in 60 minutes!
One of the reasons we chose this area was because of the killer whales in the area. So, we went on an Orca whale watching tour. We saw 6 killer whales that day. Sea World is fun & fantastic place that I've always loved to go but seeing these whales in their own environment is UNBELIEVABLE! So serene and beautiful.
Another reason we LOVE the coast! Seafood!
Love birds.
From relaxing on the coast to the big city- Seattle! Where a coffee shop is ALWAYS within sight and on every corner. The very first Starbucks.
The Seattle Fish Market. OH MY GOODNESS! I was in LOVE!
HUGE bouquets of flowers for $5-$15. NO JOKE!
We bought our stickers. No turning back now.
At the Expo- needing to get off our feet!
Rapport Friends! Heather, Lindsey, Holly & Heidi
No matter what plans we make. How far in advance we make reservations. We simply cannot have a stress-free, easy, relaxing pre-race dinner without things going wrong. I'm not sure why it always happens that we are racing around the night before and then cannot find a place to eat. But it happened again. Thankfully, we ended up at one of the best places ever- The Cheesecake Factory! It was not planned that way. We had reservations at a different restaurant. But our reservation came & went and all of our group couldn't make it on time. So, we re-grouped (sorta) and thankfully CF was right around the corner from our hotel.
2 comments:
AKA...Holly had a no sleep, no food, no water, complete exhaustion melt-down!! ha! Dinner was great though! And I love the JFDI friends pic...will you email it to me!?
what a great memory you guys will always have from this trip....a FULL MARATHON!! soooo proud of you guys!! love all that the west coast has to offer!! jon & i are gonna have to decide if our 10 year anniversary trip should be out west our coasta rica?! i'm pretty sure it will be the latter but your pics are very enticing!!
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