I'm home now, but I need to play catch up with my trip. :) I'm not gonna lie...on day four I slept in. I needed the rest! After I finally got ready and hauled all my crap back out to the car I headed to Seattle. I stopped at Mount St. Helens on the way, but I couldn't see it! :( They said it had been days since they've seen the famous volcano, due to the cloudy weather. Bummer. So what I did instead was drive to the nearest gas station, bought the biggest taco salad (for only $3.99) ever, and headed back to the St. Helens visitor center to picnic. It was slightly drizzly, but they had a couple picnic tables under some trees. It was a nice picnic and the taco salad was great!
After my picnic I headed on my merry little way towards Seattle. Once again, though, I veered off course. I was driving through Olympia and saw a sign mentioning the Capitol Building. I thought, "Why not? It will be good to see the Capitol Building of another state." So, I drove to the site of the Capitol and luckily it wasn't too far off the Interstate. I walked around the grounds and took pictures of some amazing war memorials. I then got to go inside the legislative building. It was awesome!
After I was done at the Capitol I was back on my merry way. I made it to Seattle and followed the GPS directions to where the Hostel I wanted to stay in was suppose to be. Unfortunately the Hostel was under construction. Fortunately the GPS system I borrowed will tell you where the nearest lodging sites are. Low and behold, there was another Hostel in the same area...actually a much better area than the first one was in! It was directly across the street from the Pike Place Market and between the Space Needle and the International District! Everything I planned to do and see was within walking distance of The Green Tortoise Hostel!!! How lucky can I get?! So I checked into the Hostel and headed to my room. I liked this one much more than the Hostel in Portland. Don't get me wrong. The Northwest Portland International Hostel was very nice, but The Green Tortoise had curtains on the bunks so you could have a tiny bit of privacy and each bunk had its own light and fan! Plus there were more bathrooms so you weren't nervous to take a shower longer than 5 minutes.
Once I got settled in I headed out into the city. I wandered the Pike Place Market but it was already closed for the day so I found my way to the Waterfront. Seattle sits right on the Puget Sound so there were many freight ships and sail boats to see. I wandered the Waterfront for a bit and then decided to eat at a seafood restaurant right on the pier. I had fried oysters! Mmmm. :) After eating I wandered a little further down the pier and then crossed back over into the hustle and bustle of the city. I ended up right in the middle of the Pioneer District, which is one of the places I wanted to see. It's an old part of town and has some awesome character about it. While in the Pioneer District I stumbled upon a store that made my jaw hit the ground. It was a vintage inspired clothing store! I LOVE vintage inspired clothing! Unfortunately they were closed, so I had to be happy with just admiring the vintage clad mannequins in the windows.
After some admiring and drooling (haha) I finally made my way back up to the Green Tortoise to get some sleep.
"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see." ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
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