Seattle to Ellensburg
We leave Seattle today and head on our way east our first major leg completed. A bit later than we were planning on but happening with a fair bit of excitement about that thought. Before we leave we head up to Everett, just out of Seattle to check out where they build Boeing aeroplanes. This is the largest building in the world and covers 98.3 acres and houses 19,000 employees. We get to go on a tour through the factory and see the construction underway of 5 747 cargo planes and that was just in one bay of the building. We were not allowed to take in any cameras or hand luggage at all so no pics from this place. On the way up to the factory though we did spy this engine and snapped a pic. This little baby is worth $10 million.
We had lunch at Mukilteo and sat on the wharf eating our fish and chips. We were looking out over Puget Sound and several islands and Mt Olympia on the Olympic Peninsula, this will be the northernmost point we get to on this coast. It is 4pm when we finally leave Seattle and head east. We drive 100 miles to Ellensburg through gorgeous countryside with trees everywhere, past lakes, up some largish hills and through ski fields that look very naked with no snow on them.
We called into the supermarket at Ellensburg for some dinner and on the way out Andy pulled out in front of a car, right in front of the Sherriff. Bother, 3500 miles so far and that is the first mistake! We got pulled over and had a chat to a very friendly man. I think the New Zealand accents definitely helped here because he sympathized, wished us well and sent us on our way. Phew, time for a drink J
