Trip to Seattle and Vancover

Well, I thought I'd report on my trip to Seattle and Vancouver. I've added pictures over on the right, so feel free to look at the slide show.

I left on August 7th. I flew into Seattle and stayed at the Gaslight Inn. It is a gay-owned Bed and Breakfast. I had one of the smaller rooms and a shared bathroom. The only disappointing thing was that breakfast was the same. It consisted of biscuits, croissants and fruit. The view of downtown Seattle made up for the lack of diverse breakfast options, so it was easy to sip my coffee and sit on the back balcony and gaze into downtown Seattle.

I managed to find my way to Broadway Street in Seattle and had excellent Thai cuisine two evenings in a row. The first full day of Seattle, I spent the majority of it at the aquarium. I was hypnotized by the otters (sea and river). They were fun to watch. The second day, my friend Kathy joined me and we walked around Pike Place Market. While there we had the good fortune of hearing a Mennonite choir singing old hymns., ie., The Old Rugged Cross. Suffice it to say, that Seattle is a city of diversity so Kathy and I had planned to go to the Seattle Tattoo Expo. A far different crowd than the Mennonites we saw in the park. 

On Sunday, other friends joined me with a rental car and  we made our way to Vancouver, BC. Right before the border we stopped at Joanna Colbert, an artist. We hung out in her studio and got to see some of the originals from her Gaian Tarot. Crossing the border went fine for our carload.

We stayed in Vancouver on Sunday evening and then made our way to a beautiful place called Loon Lake. While there we learned new psychic/intuitive skills and had lovely rituals. 

On Friday, when we all left, I stayed for a few more days at the Nelson House Bed and Breakfast Inn. Another lovely gay B&B. Some great places that I visited while in Vancouver, included, the Museum of Anthropology, Granville Island (a market much like Pike Place Market), and I caught two performances at Bard on the Beach. 

My birthday was Monday and I traveled from BC to Seattle, spending the night at the Gaslight Inn. On Tuesday the 19th I flew home.

This made for a lovely time away and now I'm back in school for the fall. More to come on the magic of my time away!