Seattle

I arrived in Seattle at 12:30 AM from Chicago.  I had a four hour layover in Chicago.  My friend Clovis met me at the airport and we had dinner and I showed him my pics of my travels to Portugal, Spain and Israel.  The cab that picked me up in Seattle could barely hold all my luggage.  The cab driver was Indian and I found out the cab was a Prius by looking at the unique dashboard.  He told me they get around 45 miles to the gallon, need little maintenance and you can drive them for 600,000 miles and counting.  I knew nothing about them.  You do not plug them in but they have a very large battery the is constantly recharging.

The next day I went to Pikes Market, took the monorail and walked around.  I had to do some last minute banking, which took a lot of my time. 

The people in Seattle were friendly.  The women were nice looking with very healthy skin and looked healthy in general.  The men had a lot of beards.  By the waterfront there were people who I would describe as poor and unkempt, hanging out.  They were all Native Americans.  

The food was pretty good and I am sure if I inquired more, there was great food to be had.  The northwest is known for great food.

The next day I tied up loose ends and took a taxi to the ship.  The taxi arrived late and when I got to the ship, it looked like they were closing up and no one seemed to know where to tell me to go.  My ticket said a 4PM departure.  I got there a little after 2PM and boarded the ship around 2:20.  The ship left a little after 3PM.  The information on the ticket  was wrong.

I have a flicker account.  Please photos of Seattle there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/29795088@N07/sets/72157625123798676/