I Love Seattle

My family and I spent this past weekend in Seattle Washington which is only about a three hour drive north from where I live now. We wanted a quick weekend getaway to just go somewhere and hangout together, Seattle fit the bill perfectly. I started planning about two weeks in advance. I purchased tickets online for a city tour call Duck tours. This is not your ordinary boring city tour. What's cool about this tour is that it takes place in an old amphibious war vehicle built by women that drives on the city streets and then they drive you right into Puget Sound, which is a huge deep body of water that is in and around the great city of Seattle. I had heard about this tour from a few friends who happen to live in Seattle and it came highly recommended by all. I thought it was a fun and informative tour but the drivers were a little silly and annoying for me, but hey who am I to say that you won't love all the loud silliness of this tour. The real highlight for me was the part where they pulled you up to a boat ramp at a marina and then just drove right into the water. I must say it was kind of weird because vehicles usually don't go into water at least not the ones that I drive. But I will say for 25.00 per person it was worth it. Catch a duck tour if you can.

While we were killing time waiting for our tour we visited the rock and roll museum there at the space needle. I thought some of the exhibits we great and I learned a ton about Jimmy Hendrix and his tragic life. There is a whole wing devoted to him and his music. The rest of the exhibits were just so so. I felt they could have done so much better putting it together. So for this one I would say save your money, it cost 45.00 for admission for 3.

Vacation or Staycation

The economy is hurting every one but we all still love traveling and going places but really just can't justify it right now? well here is an idea try, a staycation, similar to a vacation except you don't leave home. Crazy you say, well sort of but let me please explain before you call me crazy. A staycation is a vacation in which you stay home and do things around home or close to home. You do things that you maybe have not taken the time to do that you always wanted to do that is close to home. Having a hard time of thinking of what to do? let me give you a few suggestions to get you started. First of all it you are going to try this staycation thing you need to do a little planning. I would start out by making a list of all of the things in your area that sound interesting to you. For example in the area that I live we have an abundance of waterfalls, hiking trails, lakes and rivers, national parks art museums and many other cultural things that could be added to your list. You should also check online to see what festivals or shows that are taking place in your area at the time of your staycation. I recently attended a jazz festival in our area that was really close to home and was free, yes free. That brings me to my next point. a staycation can be a very inexpensive thing to do. Just make sure you put all of the free things to do at the top of your list. Another thing that I like to do is make lunch my big meal of the day, we all know that lunches are much cheaper than dinners will ever be therefor you will save a bundle by adopting this practice. I really think staycations are perfect for everyone and will become very, very popular in the very near future.