West Coast Here we Come

Determined to check all 50 states off my "visited" list and due to the fact that I had never been on the west coast our vacation destination for this year was a trip down the Oregon coast.  We would fly to Seattle and start there and meander down the coast to the northern part of California before looping back to Seattle to head home. 

Our Indiana brains say it's 10:30 pm...the abundant sunlight says otherwise

Our first full day was spent sightseeing in Seattle.  Our initial stop was at Geocaching headquarters, a required pilgrimage for anyone in the Seattle area involved in our hobby

We looked at all of the displays, logged the geocache in headquarters, and earned our virtual souvenir.  We also were gifted with some travel bugs and picked up a new pin for our geobag

We then meandered around the Freemont area for a while.  We stopped and visited the Fremont Troll.

Then we headed into the downtown area.  We parked near the Space Needle and took the elevated train to Pike Place Market.

Such an interesting place with a lot to see and experience.  Including this...

Every germaphobe's nightmare...an alley covered entirely in used gum.  We made our contribution of course.

We also stopped by the original Starbucks, but decided that the line was a bit too long for our liking. 

We returned to the Space Needle and walked around the area...logging a few geocaches as we went.

A fun day of sightseeing.  Time to load up the rental and head toward Oregon and the ocean.