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Hi! Everyone,
I haven't been around much. We have been searching for a new place to live and have finally found one But we have til the 14th of Aug to keep ourselves busy. I need some suggestions.
We were thinking of heading to Spokane Washington, but from there, we don't know where to go. Should we go to Colorado??? What about Seattle??? (heard some nasty things about the crime rate in that area). We need an area to keep a very active 6 yr old busy. We always dreamed of traveling throughout the states, but now that reality has hit, and i have no time to plan it, I am feeling very overwhelmed. Any suggestions?????
We were in Seattle last September and loved it there. I'm sure every city has its crime hot spots, but we certainly saw nothing to worry us in the main tourist areas.
I can thoroughly recommend the Space Needle and the Aquarium and we loved the harbour cruise we took. I think all of those would be great for your six year old.
I've spent a lot of time in Seattle and I love it. The crime is very minimal compared to most other large cities and there are very few bad areas. I highly recommend the science center, a duck tour, Pikes Place market. Have you thought about going up to Paradise Lodge on Mt. Rainier? That is a favorite thing for our family to do.
Thank you Can anyone recommend a good hotel in Seattle that has a shuttle to Pikes Place Market and that area???
Does anyone have any ideas where to travel from Spokane???? We like places like South Dakota where there is a lot to do within a short distance. I would prefer not to go back that way although we love it there, we want to try someplace from Spokane and downwards or over etc.
From Spokane... I'd look into going over to Yellowstone. It's not too bad of a drive and it's one of my favorite places to be... right behind Disney! A hotel with a shuttle, that I'm not sure of. We've always had our own car.
If you go early in the morning to Pike's Place, it's not bad. Other places are easy to find spots, or we just did a lot of walking once we found a space. It helped when my brother worked near there, so we could just park in his parking garage, lol.
We stayed at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Convention Center, which was very well rated on TripAdvisor and we were very impressed with it. It doesn't have a free shuttle, but it's fairly close to the monorail and some of the major train/bus stops. I know they have a garage, but as we took our rental car back when we checked in, I don't know how much they charge.
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despite the record heat, extremely dry conditions and numerous forest fires, there are still lots of places to see in Colorado.
The Denver Zoo just opened a new elephant area. That reminds me a lot of Animal Kingdom.
The Cheyenne Mtn Zoo in Colorado Springs has a really neat area where you can feed the giraffes.
Celestial Seasonings Tea company and Hammond's candies are two fun tours for young and old. Of course there is the Coors Brewery tour as well.
There are many fun things to do in the Mtns - Winterpark Ski Resort has an Alpine slide that is awesome! Buy your tickets in town at King Soopers, it's cheaper, almost 1/2 price. Glenwood Springs has a hot springs pool that most people enjoy. I cant' stand the sulfur smell of the water but the rest of my family loves it.
Not to mention the pretty mtn drives and hikes.
Thanks everyone!!! We are going to be living in B.C. So we want to take some time, while waiting for our house, to travel a bit. We have approx a mth. Sooooo this is why we are looking at places.
Any unique or smaller places in that area, that you think might be good????? We are open to suggestions. Don't want to do Victoria or Vancouver. We have been there numerous times. Just wish this wasn't during the height of tourist season. I don't really want to prebook. I know we are crazy
Thanks everyone. I think we are going to go to Boulder, then to Salt Lake City and back.
Will let you know what Seattle is like. that is the one city I am excited to go and see.
If you go to Seattle I would love to see the pictures. Is it true that it rains a lot there or is that true for Portland, Oregon?
The story is that it does rain a lot, but when we were there, it was brilliant sunshine and I remember on the harbour cruise, them saying that lots of other American cities get much more rainfall, but Seattle just has a reputation for getting lots of rain.
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But we have til the 14th of Aug to keep ourselves busy. I need some suggestions.
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