Back to the Emerald City

We left Anacortes with the primary objective of picking some fresh fruit!  We took off on a side road and within a mile we were at a huge fruit farm, with a smoothie bar!  Everyone departed the RV with the hopes of some fresh fruit, while I was having some caffeine withdrawals.

Schuh Farms was the perfect destination.  They had strawberry fields along with a coffee bar.  But it was the tayberries that caught the imagination of the Tyner's.  We gathered enough berries to make the journey to Seattle entertaining.  Caleb even found a friend at the farm that kept him entertained for quite a while.

We pointed the rig back to the interstate and were Seattle bound.  The Seattle KOA was south of town, so we made our way to the campsite and found a rental car to navigate town.  It was down near the piers that we were scammed by the parking.  There was a city parking meter right behind the car and it was the wrong one to pay!  Oops!

We explored Seattle and saw many of the sights that are fun; the gum wall, the fish market and mongers, the original Starbucks, the traditional mall type stores (Forever 21) and last but not least, Cinnamonworks.  Cinnamonworks has the best peanut butter cookies, possibly in the entire world.  A trip to Seattle without visiting Cinnamonworks would be like a trip to St. Louis and not seeing the Arch.

We were pleasantly surprised to see a celebration of Indonesia while in Seattle.  The celebration brought a smile to our faces as we thought of our great friends, the Pinkstons.

This is the parking scam location.

As the girls lingered in Forever 21, Caleb seized the moment to creep on Caitlin as she was texting her peeps.

Back at the campsite, we celebrated an amazing event, Kelly's birthday.  We had scored some surprise candles at Glacier National Park and saved them for this very moment.  They were the old trick candles that go out and then ignite again after they were seemingly out.  A word to the wise, these candles are a great idea and always a hit, but don't use them in an RV.  There is limited space and the reaction time to put them out without the smoke alarm alerting the entire park will likely result in burnt fingers!