The Traveling Pine

Day 7 - 28 June 2019 We slept in a little bit this morning. The hotel bedding was super comfy! I thought about making a cup of coffee in the room to drink out of the pineapple mug, but I decided against it. I knew where we were headed shortly. Pike Place Market was a little bit of a walk, so we decided to take the pineapple themed beach cruiser bicycles for a ride to the market instead. I wasn’t used to pedaling backwards to stop, but it wasn’t too bad. The ride there was fine and we stayed mostly on the sidewalks. We found a spot to lock up the bikes right at the market and we started exploring. Our first stop was The First Starbucks.  I promised Danielle I would pick up a mug for her and it was just one of those stops we had to make. Despite the line being quite long, we got through pretty quickly. They’ve got the system down. One employee is basically just in charge of corralling everyone into the right line. She handed us a placard with pictures of all the different mugs ...

Day 6 - 27 June 2019 This morning we actually had to get going on time. We had tickets for a whale watching tour that started at 9:30 and we needed to be there between 8:45 and 9am. Lucky for us, the Port of Edwards was a whopping 3 miles from our Air BnB. We were out the door at 8:17. When we arrived at the port, we had time to walk down the block to get a quick bite to eat.  With breakfast in hand, we got checked for our tour and sat down to gobble up our food before getting on the boat. Our tour was with Puget Sound Express. They guarantee that you see whales, so we were hopeful. We got on the Saratoga with Captain Trevor at the helm of our vessel. There were nice inside seats and spots outside to stand. As soon as we got underway, people headed outside. I was hesitant because we weren’t going to see whales right away, so I wanted to stay in where it was warmer and much less windy. After seeing others get a laugh about how windy it was while the boat was going full spee...