Wedding Roadtrip

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July 29 - August 1, 2010

This weekend I road-tripped to Seattle for a friend’s wedding. As most, if not all of you know, I much prefer flying to driving. On this particular weekend tickets to Seattle were ridiculously priced, as were rental cars, so I decided to drive. In order to break up the trip I spent Thursday night in Portland at Amanda and Chris’ house. I had a bit too much fun shopping at the outlet stores in Woodburn, so I didn’t get to their place until a little before ten. Upon arrival we had a nice time chatting and going over wedding details.

Friday morning I was up and on my way to Seattle by 10am. I impressed myself with my early departure ;~) I did a little more outlet shopping in Southern Washington and then made it to Bainbridge Island by 3:30pm. Katie and Wayne’s wedding was set to start at 5pm, so I quickly showered and made my way to the wedding “on the point”.

What a beautiful spot! Wayne’s grandma has an incredible property overlooking the water and downtown Seattle. The wedding started a bit late because of traffic problems and delayed ferry’s but overall it was a great evening. I had a blast catching up with old friends, eating good food and dancing the night away.

Saturday morning I took the ferry into downtown Seattle to have lunch with a friend. We met at 12pm and before we knew it it was 3pm. After lunch I hit up both Nordstrom and the Nordstrom Rack. The anniversary sale was still going on at the regular Nordstrom, so unfortunately I did a little damage there. Thankfully Nordy’s has an incredible return policy, so when my judgement returns to tomorrow, I’ll be able to undo any mistakes I may or may not have made ;~)

After I finished shopping downtown I drove south to Tacoma to take in a Tacoma Rainers baseball game. The game itself was decently entertaining, while the food and the promotions were disappointing. After the game I was fairly awake so I decided to start my drive home. By the time I hit Portland my eyelids were getting heavy. I stopped at the La Quinta near PDX to sleep.

Sleeping in Portland also gave me the chance to catch up with my friend Jules on Sunday. She just recently got engaged to her beau Keith and I was excited to hear all the wedding details. I hadn’t seen her in person in a while and really enjoyed catching up. I also FINALLY got to meet Keith and her dog Drake, whom I’d been hearing about for at least a year. I’m already looking forward to their wedding next summer.

After lunch with Jules I made my way back down I-5 to Eugene in time for both dinner with the family and my soccer game. It was an action packed four-day weekend, that included way too many hours in the car... but it was worth it.

Until the next adventure,
Katy