On Friday, March 27, 2009 my #2 son, Christopher, and I traveled from Portland, Oregon to Seattle via Business Class Amtrak Cascades. Arriving just after noon, we caught a bus to Union & 3rd and walked to the 5th Avenue Red Lion. We left our luggage in our room and walked to Groundspeak Headquarters. There were a lot of cachers visiting that afternoon. We signed the log book, took photos and had a tour of the “lily pad.” We each received a Groundspeak Lackey 2009 Geocoin.Christopher and I walked to Seattle Center where we ate lunch at Starbucks. We did the Olympic Sculpture Park Walk (Multi-cache). It was cloudy but not raining. We got Subway sandwiches that we ate in our room while watching television. The beds were extremely comfortable however the room was across the hall from a noisy elevator and someone had the television on loud for several hours after midnight.
On Saturday, March 28, 2009 Christopher and I had a complimentary breakfast at the hotel which left something to be desired. We rode the monorail to Seattle Center. There was a LOT of cachers at the GPS Adventures Maze Event. We each received a Groundspeak Lackey 2009 Geocoin. I saw several cachers that I knew and met new ones that I only knew by name. I purchased two rather expensive Pacific Science Center GPS Adventures Maze Series 04 Geocoins only to discover later that there were NO Activation Codes!! Afterwards we walked several blocks to catch a bus in the Free Zone. We should have ridden back on the Monorail!!
We went to Pike Place Market for Frecky’s Architecture and Design Adventure cache. The Twilight shop had moved to a new location. I had already found the cache so Christopher fount it. We ate lunch at a nearby Starbucks. We caught a bus to Pioneer Square. We watched glassblowing for a bit and then went to the Klondike Gold Rush Museum to look at the exhibits. We took a bus back to the hotel to get our luggage. Then we took a bus back to the King Street Station where we took the train back to Portland.
