We’re off on our annual anniversary/baseball trip and this year it is another “two-fer.” We are beginning in Seattle for a Mariners-Angels game and then taking the train 35 hours and more than 1,100 miles to Los Angeles for an Angels-Tigers game. Along the way we will stop at various cities.
We love train trips, having done them all across the country. We have thought about doing this trip on the Coast Starlight for quite awhile and this was the year!
This route was also a trip down memory lane, since we have visited all but one of these places 20 years or so ago. I have also referred to this as a culinary (eating) trip since we have several food tours, reservations at fine restaurants and lots of menu exploring in between.
We departed Louisville on the new direct flight to LA and then transferred to Seattle, arriving late in the afternoon. We checked into our favorite Seattle lodging, the Edgewater Hotel, which is on stilts in Elliott Bay between Pier 66 and 69. Our room had a balcony with some great views of the city.
Out to the bay.
And across several piers where we could watch the boats arriving and departing.
On one clear day we could see the baseball stadium and Mt. Rainier in the distance.
We celebrated our 44th anniversary this evening with amazing halibut and petrale diners at Etta’s, near our hotel and Pike’s Market.
Such a beautiful night, we walked back to the hotel. Lovely way to begin our trip.
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