Day 30 – Forks WA to Seattle WA

6666 Mi to 6871 Mi (205 miles)

So the morning started off with a lovely drive through the Olympics, and along Lake Crescent.  And fair warning – don’t mess with the truckers. These guys are nuts.  I’m doing 55-60 (along what was probably a 40-45), and this guy BLOWS past me like I was standing still.  Later, on a hill, I had to putter behind him.

I come to the realization that there may not be many people that live in the area, since the cell reception was non-existant.

I reached the point of Hwy 101 that it went from going North to going East…

And had to stop for some wine to take in the idea that my Hwy 101 trip was now complete.  Harbinger Winery was just the place!

I finally made it to Port Angeles – where I got a glimpse of snow on the mountains…

I was a little confused by the “Fun on 101” signs, but I think it was for a Casino, but it wasn’t obvious.

Yeah, 101 East still looks weird.

And when driving by craziness on the roadside, you have to stop.  For example – there is Fat Smitty’s:

 

What made it crazy is all the dollar bills on the walls an ceiling!  To think – earlier in the year, they actually took all the money down and donated it. But, in just a few months, it’s all back!!

Well now we’ve gone and done it….101 is officially going South again!  No!  This is where it ends, and I jump on another highway headed to Seattle….

Of course, for that to happen, there is the Ferry line.

My baby Jeep’s first Ferry ride!

And there is the city that I love! Seattle!

Wha?!?  A ferris wheel?!?  Yup.  “The Seattle Great Wheel” to be exact.

And we are free!

First, a cruise through Pioneer Square (near where I had my coffee shop)

And the home of my old coffee shop!

The Space Needle!  How I missed you! (so much that I have a tattoo of you!)

The Monorail.

 

And then I jumped on the freeway (not as exciting for pictures) to visit my friend Tiffy!  It’s a slow few picture days in Seattle, but I made the most of them!