Mostly another driving day. I chalked up another mountain!
Mt Rainier. Viewed between Olympia and Tacoma somewhere - between the trees and the clouds!
A broad view of Seattle. Looks like it might rain and notice the brake lights on the right.
The famous Seattle traffic and it isn't even rush hour. Guess it is like the 405 Fwy in LA, where it is always "rush hour".
One thing that is different driving on I-5 in this area is there are very few drivers jockeying for position. They choose a lane and go along at a steady pace somewhere between 60 and 65mph and the miles click by. This is the best "miles per gallon" I have achieved in the Lexus in the two plus years I have been driving it. It is the lack of uphill/downhill and just a steady pace.
Just before Everett the rain came - not hard, just what I think of as an "Oregon" rain. I was amazed that every car didn't have their lights on. In CA and a number of other states it is the law that if your wipers are on your lights must be on - failure to do so is a moving violation, not an equipment check. It was very hard to see light colored cars - white/silver/grey - perhaps that is a reason the drive a red vehicle up here. The traffic went faster in the rain instead of slower as it does in SCalifornia. There the infrequent rains raise the oil from the pavement and make things slick - not quite as bad as black ice, but bad enough.
Mac and Mabel Huseby on their deck with Mac's amazing begonias. I don't think I have ever seen any so large. Against the dark evergreens they were almost "neon" in their intensity.
I was surprised to have difficulty finding a motel room for five nights and ended up with one just for tonight with the prayer that someone will cancel and I can stay through Friday. I maybe be "homeless" tomorrow night. I walked across the parking lot to a Japanese steak house and sushi restaurant. This was the "Alaska" roll with raw salmon, avocado and cream cheese and a traditional Japanese cucumber salad. 
3 comments:
If I had known you were going to have sushi, I'da hitched a ride.
Beautiful begonias.
And it didn't rain here. It was a bit humid this evening and some clouds, but no rain. So Portland outdoes Seattle again --snort--
Too bad you're not in Olympia....I would have you stay with my sister. L.
Hope you have a bed tonight! Re: lights on when it rains. I remember when there was no such law in NJ and frankly, I didn't see the point to it. Have changed my mind since then.
Can you PLEASE drive EAST some time??
xo
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