Seattle Roadtrip
The mobility lady thought I was crazy when I didn’t want to take a flight out to Seattle. Everyone I talked to said it would take us, at the minimum, three days to go from Michigan to Seattle. Well, I ain’t crazy, but my Dad and I combined are. Amazon took care of shipping my belongings, but we decided to take a roadtrip together to get me out there. You know, one of those father-son bonding things.
We left last week Wednesday morning from Spring Lake, MI and arrived on Friday at 4pm in Seattle. Most of the trip was straight driving (we drove 14 hours on Thursday). In total, it took us about 56 hours with stops. There were points in the trip where we got to head off the beaten track and do some touring. In South Dakota we hit The Badlands, Wall Drug and Mt. Rushmore. I recommend all of those stops for anyone driving on I-90. Rushmore was a lot more impressive than I had expected - sculpture in a mountain!
The trip was a good chance to hang out with Dad, something I hadn’t done in a while since I lived and worked on the other side of the state. We only tried to kill each other once, with me probably actually trying it and him thinking about it. When you spend that much time with a parent you start to notice how much like them you are, as scary as that sounds. I obviously am the better half of both my parents, and their parents, and so on… obviously.
After our arrival it was a weekend of touring around Pikes Place Market, the SpaceNeedle, Amazon HQ, a great dinner at the Oceanaire, and we caught an exciting Mariners (vs. Padres 6-3) game with Ariana and Andrew. Early Monday morning I took the Old Man out to SeaTac Airport, and bid him farewell… After, I went back to get ready for my first day in my temp housing downtown apartment (that I couldn’t afford otherwise). I’ve linked some roadtrip photos…