We slept a little longer than usual and made our way for breakfast at around 08:30 - and this again was a further step up - there was a waffle machine, but no-one used it while we we were watching, so we still didn't chance it! Ah well, we made up for it with fruit juice and coffee and eggs and pancakes (for Jimmy) and cereal, and cookies and a Danish pastry each.
The drive to Tacoma was all on the I-5 highway - varying between 2 and 5 lanes and very very straight (it can be quite tiring to drive over 60 miles with hardly moving the steering wheel except for the very occasional lane change). We didn't detour much as we were keen to get to Tacoma at a reasonable time. Driving through/around Portland was incredible... bridges over water, flyovers, underpasses, 5 lanes, 4, 3, 2, lots of lights and exit ramps and joining lanes (a shock to the system after driving for so long without having to think much about direction and other traffic).
After a short break for a Big Mac and a milk shake we set off again for more and more miles of straight highway - this very last leg seemed to be getting more difficult to concentrate as Tacoma was getting tantalisingly closer and closer.
And then, we were there - turning off the main highway, negotiating roadworks and then some gentle driving through some suburbs to the street where Steve & Kristi live... we'd be staying with friends and musicians Steve and Kristi Nebel for a few days and were mighty relieved to ring the doorbell and find we'd reached our destination after some 1500 miles of driving... phew! Time to relax and chat and make ourselves at home in a house among good friends! (Great after B&B inns and anonymous motels for so long...)
After sampling Kristi's delicious home cooking we were driven down to the shore of Puget Sound and, as well as some lovely views over the water (and two great bridges) we saw some raccoons. Next we called in to a local open mic club to listen to some of the local talent - we'd hardly played and sang (apart from our wedding) since arriving in America so decided not to play... but we may get back there next week. There was a good cross section of performers ranging from fiddle tunes on autoharp and mandolin through to singer/songwriters old and young and some cover songs... all well organised with a very quick turnaround by the resident MC. The audience were attentive and appreciative and the place had a positive, warm and friendly listening feel to it.
We headed back home to Steve & Kristi's for a relatively early night.
202 photos today.
Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
The drive to Tacoma was all on the I-5 highway - varying between 2 and 5 lanes and very very straight (it can be quite tiring to drive over 60 miles with hardly moving the steering wheel except for the very occasional lane change). We didn't detour much as we were keen to get to Tacoma at a reasonable time. Driving through/around Portland was incredible... bridges over water, flyovers, underpasses, 5 lanes, 4, 3, 2, lots of lights and exit ramps and joining lanes (a shock to the system after driving for so long without having to think much about direction and other traffic).
After a short break for a Big Mac and a milk shake we set off again for more and more miles of straight highway - this very last leg seemed to be getting more difficult to concentrate as Tacoma was getting tantalisingly closer and closer.
And then, we were there - turning off the main highway, negotiating roadworks and then some gentle driving through some suburbs to the street where Steve & Kristi live... we'd be staying with friends and musicians Steve and Kristi Nebel for a few days and were mighty relieved to ring the doorbell and find we'd reached our destination after some 1500 miles of driving... phew! Time to relax and chat and make ourselves at home in a house among good friends! (Great after B&B inns and anonymous motels for so long...)
After sampling Kristi's delicious home cooking we were driven down to the shore of Puget Sound and, as well as some lovely views over the water (and two great bridges) we saw some raccoons. Next we called in to a local open mic club to listen to some of the local talent - we'd hardly played and sang (apart from our wedding) since arriving in America so decided not to play... but we may get back there next week. There was a good cross section of performers ranging from fiddle tunes on autoharp and mandolin through to singer/songwriters old and young and some cover songs... all well organised with a very quick turnaround by the resident MC. The audience were attentive and appreciative and the place had a positive, warm and friendly listening feel to it.
We headed back home to Steve & Kristi's for a relatively early night.
202 photos today.
Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
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