Onwards to Seattle

(I am writing this two weeks late. Sorry)

After being picked up by the group of guys I'd be staying with, the next stop was the Everett Boeing factory. Although I had done the factory tour last time I was in the US, I felt it was worth going again. The setup is just as impressive as ever, although there was no major work taking place on a Sunday.

Just in case Dad is reading this, I think the Holden plant was far more interesting to tour!

By the time we arrived in Seattle it was getting late and we were ready for dinner. This was a fairly interesting prospect, as the first three places we tried informed us that we were unable to eat there as they were legally bars and couldn't admit anyone under 21. This was portentous of the rest of the night.

Eventually we were seated at a local brewery and enjoyed a good if expensive meal whilst eyeing the beverages with envy.

The remainder of the evening was spent desperately trying to find something to do that was available for under 21s. Shenanigans ensued with an uppermarket jazz club and a very strange indie rock performance. The net result was that we saw a lot of the streets of downtown Seattle and went to be early.

The next day we enjoyed a walk down to the dockside markets, the first visiting place for many tourists in Seattle. It certainly was nice sampling all the stalls as they are generous with their giveaways. Lunch was the famous clam chowder, which was admittedly as good as hyped.

The afternoon was spent at the pop culture museum, the EMP for short. Definitely worth the admission cost, with a range of exhibits from Jimi Hendrix to wearable art and indie video games.

Incredible

The famous chewing gum wall of Seattle

This rad scene is from the late 80s, awesome

As we needed to be back by Sunday night, a quick dinner preceded piling back into the car and across the border, but no before we'd played Bruce Springsteen loud and proud along the highway. The Canadian border guard was a bit hostile. Maybe he was preparing for the US election? We did see a lot of trump posters...

An antique shop had a selection of control line and freeflight models, which I was surprised to see