I had a great trip to Washington! The time really did fly by and I can't believe that it is already over. I feel like I have been waiting for this trip for so long and now it is over. We got into Seattle last Thursday morning and spent the day down by the water and at Pikes Market. Pikes Market is a huge farmers market and is home to the famous Pikes Fish Market.
Friday was a sightseeing day in Seattle. We went on a duck tour, which was a bus tour that takes you on a tour of the city by land and by water. It was a really fun tour and was definitely a highlight of the trip.
On Saturday we headed to Sequim to get ready for our race. We made sure we got there in enough time to register for the race, get back to the place we were staying so we could get to bed early and be ready for the race. The race was on Sunday and I felt like it was a great race for me personally. I ran it in 2:40, which wasn't a great time for me, but I thought that I had great endurance. I didn't walk during the first 9 miles except for the enormous hills and the water stations. By the time mile 10 hit I was so exhausted and my legs felt like lead. But I made it and was really proud that I finished my race. Now I am planning on running another one at the end of June here in Colorado.
The rest of the week we spent in the NW part of Washington. We visited a place called the Olympic Game Park. It is a place that has animals that have been rescued for some reason or another and they wander around and are not in cages. Really the only ones that aren't in cages are the llamas, buffalo, goats, and zebras. The best part are the bears. Most of them are bears that have been in movies, so they are trained to do tricks and most of them will wave to you. You buy a loaf of bread for $2 and you can feed them all they want. The bears were behind a fence, but had a lot of space to run. They stay close to the fence because of course they want the bread. It was so cool!!
We went to Cape Flattery which is the most Northwestern point of the continental United States. It was one of the most beautiful sights I have seen. It took about 30 minutes to hike to it. That night we stayed in LaPush, which is where some of the movie Twilight was filmed. We stayed right on First Beach. It was really cold there, but it was beautiful as well. The next day we drove into Forks, which is where Twilight is based. It was a kind of a ghetto town, but it was fun to see where the story took place. On our way back from Forks we stopped at the Hoh Rainforest. We hiked up to a waterfall that was only about a mile and a half in. It was another beautiful sight and so fun to be hiking in a rainforest.
On Thursday we headed back to Seattle. We went to Pikes Market again and then went and saw the Troll.
It was such a great trip! I had so much fun and really enjoyed the people I was with! Now we just have to figure out where our next destination run will be!
