Good evening to you all from Gearhart Oregon. On the Pacific coast just past Astoria, but before Seaside......google it. Went through 5 hotels all booked out (Trev...."Why are you all sold out FFS??.....It's summer on the coast Sir"), before striking paydirt with the Windjammer Inn here in Gearhart. $119 inc tax gives us a suite with a seperate bedroom and a kitchen.....splendid!!!
Left the hotel in Seattle by 830 this morning for the 5 minute drive to the Boeing factory. Our tour was booked for 930am and we spent time looking at some of their displays. The tour began with a 6 minute introductory video, before we boarded the bus for the trip to the World's largest building...the aircraft hanger at Boeing. It has 98 hectares under One roof.....yes thats 98 hectares....not 9 or 8 but 98 hectares under one roof. They employ 29,000 people in 3 shifts at the factory, with 29 dining rooms serving 17,000 meals a day. The production line has to be seen to be believed. 747, 767, 777 and the new Dreamliner the 787 are all built and assembled in the hanger. This is definately a tour not to be missed if you ever find yourself in Seattle. Only $16.50 for almost 2 hours of tour is truly ripping value.
From there we set out for Mt Rainier National Park as we plow onto our goal of 16 in 16. Coming in from the North we thought that there was something somewhat lacking in the park. But like it's northern neighbour, North Cascades yesterday, a few waterfalls, a magnificent snow covered Mt Rainier itself, and some tremendous afternoon sun shining through some thick undergrowth brought the park to a terrific conclusion. From there a 3 hour trip to the Oregon coast, and an 8pm check in to our hotel rounded out a great day.
Tomorrow we take a leisurely drive down the coast before we cut inland to Crater Lake National Park. From there who knows. By then we'll know whether to bother coming home if the Conservatives have triumphed, or whether to bother staying here if the Commo's get up.
Time will tell........
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