On the Way to Seattle - 25 May, 2016

It isn't far from Portland to Seattle, about 170 miles.  So we took our time and visited some of the out of the way roadside attractions. An interesting way to eat up the miles.

Planning on seeing the sights in Seattle for several days.  Russ did an assignment up here for about a year and a half when he first started at Northrop, but he didn't do much sightseeing.  I had been to Seattle several times on business, but, outside of the Space Needle, haven't really seen anything else.  So we are looking forward to playing the tourist role.

The original Squirrel Bridge.  The town puts up a Christmas tree on the bridge during the holidays. The designer built the first one because he hated seeing all the squirrel roadkill outside his office window.

A homage to the originator of the Squirrel Bridges.  He passed several years ago, but his influence continues; the bridges continue to be maintained and even new ones have been added over the years.

An original train from the early 1900s used to transport coal from the coal mines to the Columbia river. The coal mining has been shut down for some time now, but the impact on the economy seems to be minimal. Longbiew is a beautiful town.

There are a number of these Yardbirds scattered around the area.  Once mascots of a defunct home improvement chain, two now guide folks to a swap meet. 

Couldn't decide if the little guide was a conjoined twin or a baby bird. 

The guy who used to live in this house made this pencil because he wanted to see if he could.  It is pretty realistic and now advertises a tutoring center in the house.



This looks like Chris the time he ran out of the house butt naked because he thought he heard a bee in the house (this was during his "Take off all clothes as soon as I walk into the house" era.) He actually wasn't smiling at the time.