Seattle

This past weekend I had the opportunity to help your friend and mine, Aslan's Mane, move to Seattle with his wife, Jessica. Luke, Aaron, Jessica and myself left Friday morning headed for Seattle. Between the four of us, we drove a moving truck towing a car and their other car. A 1300 mile journey along I-5 through California, Oregon and Washington.

We got to see a lot of interesting sites along the way, starting in the Grapvine north of Los Angeles, the ever fertile Central Valley of California, Mountain ranges in California, Oregon and Washington.

Along with that I saw some sports arenas. Arco Arena (Sacramento Kings) in Sacramento, Rose Garden Arena (Portland Trailblazers) in Portland, Key Arena (Seattle Supersonics) in Seattle, Oregon (Eugene) and Oregon State (Corvallis) football stadiums, University of Washington (Seattle) football stadium, the Seattle Seahawks and the Seattle Mariners stadiums.

Also the Space Needle, the Pike St. Market famous for throwing fresh fish after they are sold, and the first ever Starbucks in downtown Seattle. We were also able to visit the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. We briefly visited the Visitor Center and the Company Store which sells Microsoft programs to employees only for dirt cheap. Can you imagine the entire Microsoft Windows XP program for $40 and the Microsoft Office Suite for $50? I can now.