August 23, 2007

August 23, 2007

Today is the long-awaited day that we get our refrigerator fixed. We drive to Camping World in a southern suburb of Seattle and drop the RV off. Since it will take most of the day we rent a car and drive downtown to see the sights. We have heard a lot of good things about Seattle. We park by the Space Needle, Seattle’s iconic landmark, and take the monorail to Pike’s Market, where downtown meets the Puget Sound. Aimee and I are a little embarrassed by how short the ride is. We should have walked.

Pike’s Market is a cute array of fresh flower, fish, and vegetable stands interspersed with souvenir shops and restaurants. It also has the world’s first Starbuck coffee shop. We have a delicious Clam Chowder lunch while overlooking Puget Sound.

Afterwards we walk back to the Needle and take the elevator to the top. The Space Needle was built in 1962 when Seattle hosted the World’s Fair. It is expensive and very touristy but I guess you have to do it when in Seattle. We get a great view of the city. Because of the clouds, Mt Rainier looks like it is floating in the sky behind the downtown office buildings.

At the end of the day we return to Camping World and find our refrigerator is working again. YES!! We are ecstatic. We ditch the rental car and return to the RV park. On the way we stop at the grocery store to stock the refrigerator. We feel like we are celebrating, buying all the “luxury” food items we missed over the last couple weeks.