Seattle Duck Tour Review by the Illustrious Kim

Duck Tours

Seattle

After having a great experience taking the Duck Tour in Boston, MA, I insisted that we gals take to the tour in Seattle.  I'm so glad we did!

We drove in from the Peninsula (Forks) and headed to the tour.  Arriving 30 minutes early as they asked we sat and relaxed in the beautiful weather excited for our Seattle experience.  The time came and we loaded up on the amphibious vehicle.  Unfortunately there was a pack of young girls armed with quackers for a birthday party.  We did not let them ruin our time.  

Since we were the first ones on Shannon, Jen and I each got a window seat.  I suggest doing this if you can. 


Our driver/captain/tour guide, Mr. Salt E Dawg drove us around Seattle pointing out neighborhoods, public art a plenty, and more Starbucks than I've ever seen (CHA CHING)! 


Then we took to the waters on Lake Union where we were able to see some house boats and boat houses, can't remember the difference. 

We also were able to see the boat house from Sleepless in Seattle.  Another fun thing about the tour was the music that Capt Dawg played for us.  All in all it was a great time!  If you are visiting Seattle or live there and never have taken the tour.  Please stop by and try it, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy yourself while learning a little something.

Our Pilgrimage to Forks: Rialto Beach

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Rialto Beach

The second night that we were in Fork, we decided to go watch the sunset. We just didn't know where. We'd already been the the forest, La Push, First Beach, the Twilight Tour. So where could we go?  Well thanks to Shannon's LOVE of Twilight FanFic she suggested Rialto beach.  We looked it up and could get there before sunset so we decided to head that way.  We jumped in Tori, our Ford Taurus, and programmed Rialto Beach in the GPS and got on the road.  The drive there was as picturesque as the rest of the trip. We had to drive back toward La Push and again cross the treaty line.

We followed the 110 until it ended and there was Rialto Beach! A Forest lined beach!  

It was also lined with drift wood although it was more like drift trees!

It was loud. It was chilly. It was windy. It was fresh. It was lovely.

I can't tell you how much I fell in love with this beach.  I will be back, oh yes I will be back.

Our Pilgrimage to Forks: The Hoh...

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The girls and I had been looking forward to strolling through the forest for months, since we first decided on this trip in fact.  Shannon actually is "not the hiking type" and was giving us a bit of flack for wanting to hike.  But little did we know how much we would all love the forest.  After our hike in the forest near Forks, we were itching for more! 

The drive through the forest up to the trail head was fantastically exhilarating ! We saw beauty of a different kind there.  There was a beautiful river running to our right and we stopped at a few outlooks on the way.  

At one point we came to a swampy area and spotted a bald eagle in flight.  We were speechless.  We weren't fast enough to get a picture though.  We made it up to the trail head and had a few options. We chose the Spruce Trail. 

What can I say. The forest is A-mazing! I long to go back.  It's so green

 so cool, so clean and earthy! We were in awe of the vastness of the trees. 

The pureness of the ferns.

Even the way nature makes way for passage.

I'm not sure how long we meandered down the trail but it was all worth it.

Visit the Hoh Rainforest if you ever have the chance. You will not be disappointed.