Yesterday Timber and I departed San Jose for Seattle. From Seattle we are going about an hour's drive north to Skagit Valley for the Tulip Festival. Timber worked from home yesterday while I went into the office for a little while. I left work around noon and went to Keeble & Schucat in Palo Alto to pick up two lenses that I rented, a 17-40 mm and a 25 - 105 mm. After I picked up the lenses I headed home I put them on the cameras and finished packing while Timber worked. Once it was time to go we put our stuff in the car, grabbed Wookie, and headed out. On our way to the airport we dropped Wookie off at Spots and then parked in long term parking and then caught the shuttle to our terminal. After the obligatory stripping for security we were ready for our flight. Overall the flight went smoothly and we landed in Seattle about 5 minutes ahead of schedule. Once we picked up our bags we made our way to the car rental counter and paid a little extra to rent a Toyota Prius. I wanted to rent one to do an extended test drive because I don't think a simple test drive before buying a car is enough. I want to see how the car does in the day, night, sunny, rainy, traffic, etc... Unfortunately you can't rent most cars before you buy them, so you have to sieze the opportunity when it arrises. Once we left the airport we got on the highway and headed north for downtown Seattle. We had reserved a room at the Alexis Hotel on 1st Aveneue. When we got there we learned that they normally charge $34 a night for parking, but hybrid vehicle parking was free. Sweet! Once we got checked in and situated we grabbed our cameras and headed down to the street. We walked a few blocks to Pike Place Market, and after seeing that most of it was closed up we walked around in search of food. We eventually found food at the Frontier Room (they were serving dinner until 11 PM) and I got a small bowl of chili, small bowl of mac & cheese, and a cornbread muffin while Timber got a pulled pork sandwich. It also happened to be ladie's night, so Timber also got a mixed drink for $3. Overall the food was pretty good and they put beef brisket in their chili. After dinner we made our way back to our hotel and called it a night.
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