We took a bit of a detour to go through Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming.
Pictures can't capture how cool the drive was. After a couple of hundred miles, we crossed the Continental Divide in Montana, and we spent the night at a hotel in Butte. The next morning, we made the drive from Butte to Seattle, Washington. Here was our view from the road in Montana.
Another:
We crossed into Idaho:
We drove by Lake Coeur d'Alene, but I didn't get a good picture of it. After we stopped at a rest stop for lunch, we passed into Washington state. We stopped at a scenic overlook of the Columbia River in central Washington.
The rest of the drive wasn't too bad. Once we made it into Seattle, we got an oil change, and then we went to Josh's brother Ben's place. Ben is a Northwestern student, and is interning with Microsoft this summer. He's subletting a house in the University District with some other Northwestern students, and Josh and I are staying with them.
Josh, Ben, and I went out to eat at a truly "hole in the wall" Thai joint called Thai Tom. All three of us ended up getting Pad Thai. We enjoyed our meals.
Today, Josh and I went to Pike Place Market, which is one of the oldest farmers markets in the United States. It's pretty cool.
We saw the famous Pike Place Fish Company. I didn't get a good picture of the fish throwing, though.
We ate lunch at a deli at the Market. The potato salad was great!
After Pike Place, we went to the Space Needle.
Here's the Seattle skyline from the top of the Space Needle.
After that, we went to Gas Works Park, which is on the shore of Lake Union.
Here's another, just in case you need to see more of Seattle. (Unlikely, I know.)
Looking forward to seeing more of the city during the weekend.
Trip odometer: 3715.0 miles
Currently listening to: Passion Pit
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