Wenatchee and Back to Seattle

The Last Bit Day 3: We left Coeur D'Alene after breakfast and headed back west to Wenatchee. We drove along Highway 2, which was a lovely journey along an almost deserted road. The weather was lovely until near Wenatchee, when it clouded over and became a bit drizzly. The scenery was very different, much of it through huge agricultural areas. For long periods we drove through rolling plains, barely a tree or a bush and fields the size of Wiltshire!! Then suddenly we were in mountain country, driving through big canyons! Wenatchee would appear to be fruit growing country, acres and acres of fruit trees, mainly apples, growing on any spare, flat piece of land! We arrived quite early and checked in, to find we'd been upgraded to a King Suite with Jacuzzi! What a great way to spend our penultimate night on this journey through the USA! Tomorrow we head back to Seattle and prepare for our flight home on Wednesday.

The Last Bit Day 4: We woke up to a lovely sunny day. I eventually managed to drag Jilly away from the Jacuzzi and in to the car for the drive back to Seattle! We had a quick drive around the town of Wenatchee but it didn't look like there was much to see, apart from a bustling little town full of shopping malls nestled alongside the river in a lovely mountain valley. The drive back through the mountains was spectacular, the fall (autumn in English!) colours were gorgeous although probably not quite at their best yet. Unfortunately it started to rain as we passed through the highest passes and then drizzled all the way back to Seattle! Sadly, we are getting the impression that Seattle is rather a soggy, grey City, which I'm sure it's not, but of the 3 days or so that we have been in and around Seattle, we have only seen the sun on one afternoon. Great shame, but still. After more shopping, we got to the hotel in time to check in for our flight tomorrow. Sadly there are no bulkhead seats available, so we're not looking forward to trying to sleep with the seat in front in our laps and my knees squashed against the seat. Oh how I miss the company paying for premium economy!! We have spent most of the evening attempting to get a quart in to a pint pot! It looks like we have failed dismally and excess baggage is on the cards! Ho hum. It's still worked out cheaper than buying it all in the UK despite this.