roadtrip rehash: day 7, 8, and 9 (yakima to salish lodge, and seattle)

From Yakima, we continued our drive north and west, across the Cascades and into Snoqualmie. We passed through North Bend on our way,  past the diner from Twin Peaks.



To "celebrate" the end of our trip, we stayed at Salish Lodge for a night of pampering massages, hot tubs, whirl pools, and saunas. The hotel itself (which you might recognize as The Great Northern Hotel from Twin Peaks), is set atop the powerful and beautiful Snoqualmie Falls and has a great calming retreat feel.



(our in-room jacuzzi!)


(and in-room wood-burning fireplace!)


We spent the next day ordering room service brunch and drinking coffee in front of a roaring fire, then drove back to Seattle to meet some local friends for drinks, followed by our flight home the next morning with a great view of one of the Cascade peaks.

roadtrip rehash: day 1 (seattle tourism)

I'd been fortunate enough to visit almost all of the contiguous states... almost all of them, except Oregon and Washington. That is, until last week, when my honey and I decided to fly out to the Pacific Northwest for an ambitious nine day roadtrip to "knock out the remaining two" of the lower 48.

We flew to Seattle from JFK, and landed through pretty heavy cloud cover, though some of the taller peaks were peeking out like islands in a sea of clouds.