2007 USA Seattle Route 1-4

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Aug 22 Wednesday Seattle

23º 8.100km route:
Today we arrived in Seattle and picked up our rental car. The hotel in Downtown Seattle is Vintage Park where we stayed for 1 night. After we arrived and settled down in the hotel we had to decide what the next destination would be. (based on the weather, planning, etc). The north-eastern parts of the US are not known to be very hot and sunny ”all” the time. Dinner first!

Destination: Seattle (statistics)
Hotel: Kimpton Hotel Vintage Park ****
Dinner

2007-22 to Seattle

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Aug 23 Thursday – Victoria (BC, Canada)

23º 350km route:
On our second day we had to do some shopping before heading to Victoria on Vancouver Island. First we went to Fry’s Electronics (), then to a premium outlet mall. We had to wait for 1.5hrs before we could get on the ferry. Victoria ”downtown” is very nice. Many shops, restaurants, bars, etc.

Destination: VictoriaHotel: Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel ****
Fry’s ElectronicsPremium Outlets Seattle
BC Ferries Irish Times Restaurant
Butchart Park (did not make it)

2007-23 Victoria

Aug 24 Friday Olympia (USA)

27º 400km
Day 3 – Olympia – not Kamloops!
Today we were supposed to drive to Kamloops where I booked the Hampton Inn. Unfortunately we found that the weather was bad in Jasper until Tuesday. So therefore we decided to change the tour, go south first to visit Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier.
Getting out of Vancouver Island turned out to be not that easy. All ferries were full so we ended up on the BC Ferries towards Tswawwassen in Canada. From there driving south to Olympia was just 400km…..”’+ 3.5 hour wait at the Canadian border!”’ That was just horrible. At the end we arrived at the Ameritel Inn around 22:30.
Destination: Olympia (statistics
Hotel: Ameritel Inn Suites ***
Hotel: Hampton Inn Suites Kamloops(did not make it)

2007-24 Olympia

Aug 25 Saturday Mount St. Helens

23º 520km
After a nice full American breakfast at the Ameritel Inn Suites we drove to the Mount St. Helens visitors center. After a great tour by an old man we bought a book and some other touristy goodies.
The drive up to the Johnston Outlook was amazing. When we first saw Mount St. Helens you realize something. The amount of force needed to blow up that mountain is ”unbelievable”. At one of the scenic viewpoints we met an American guy who had been there at the erruption in 1980. He had a lot of fascinating stories.
After Mount St Helens we drove to Yakumo. The second part of the trip, around Mount Rainier, was amazing. The nature was unbelievably extreme. Combined desert with vast rocks made this a very interesting environment. See pictures for more details