Things to do in Seattle and Vancouver

[Sackett]

Drink!

[Zjesse22]

Its nice just recently finished up a job in ferndale, vancouver has lots to do the capilano ridge is pretty neat and so are the restaurants stay away from the west district by any means. Seattle has a boardwalk which has nice attractions amd bars and if you lile to gamble the casino aint far away

[rosco11]

Thank you guys for the great recs! I love me some craft beer so Sackett, drink is on the card! AtTheWall, what an awesome post man, thanks for all the info!

[rosco11]

Vancouver Island is amazing. Tons of hot women all over downtown Vancouver. Like really hot. Better than Dallas, Houston or LA. It was unreal.

Since ill be going to Vanc solo.. this sounds like a great activity!

[rosco11]

Forgot to add...you can take the car ferry over from Port Angeles to Victoria British Columbia too. I used to take my family over every year just to spend a day in Victoria. The United Kingdom settled that shoreline as the Yanks, settled the Washington Shoreline during the late 1700s - early 1800s. Tons of history from that era there. You will still see London Buses there as well as some remnants of the British Culture.

Some of the coolest, fully restored steamships and early American\Canadian maritime vessels reside in Victoria harbor. Solid wood, hand built with engines, restored from their respective eras. Others are sailing vessels, no power or marginal power. Just witnessing that flotilla, from another time, it's another cool thing to take in.

What ID documents will I need to cross the border? I'm hoping just a driver's license???

[TD2000]

Vancouver info

Tojo's and Vij's are as good as they get. Not inexpensive but you won't find better


Yaletown - great area with art galleries, bars, entertainment
Vij's - 1480 W. 11th Ave. off Granville - 604-736-6664 (no reservations) Fushion/Indian food-must try - top rated nationally
Sun Sui Wah - 3888 Main St. near 23rd Ave. - 604-872-8822 (Dim Sum) Cantonese
Lumiere - 2551 West Broadway near Larch St. - 604-739-8185 - reservation essential (Best in town) - NW local items-black cod, sockeye salmon, *Ravioli w/red curry, *tasting dishes, bar for tasting dishes
Feenie's - 2563 W Broadway - Fun menu - chef from Lumiere
Tojo's- 1133 West Broadway 604-872-8050 - Reservations - *omakase chef tasting menu - Tom' fav
Bin 941 - See listing in contact list under Bin 941 which has notes - Tom's fav
Bishops - 2183 West Fourth Ave - 604-738-2025
The Pear Tree - 4120 East Hastings St. Burnaby- 604-299-2772
Cloppino's Enoteca - 1129 Hamilton ST. - 604-685-8462
Raincity Grill - 1193 Denman St. - 604-685-7337
Shark Club - Georgia & Beatty St. - hockey sports bar & dance club
Rodney's Oyster House

[El Paisano]

Go out to Falls, WA to Glenn St. Charles (now Jay St. Charles) archery place. Lots of archery history there. It is out towards Snoqualmie Pass.

[OBU13DAD]

Mt St Helens is down by Portland, we go to Fishermans restaurant under the ferris wheel to eat everytime we go up there get the crab feast dungenous snow and king crab!
We went to Pikes but it was late and they were done try to go up the space needle.

[BigL]

What ID documents will I need to cross the border? I'm hoping just a driver's license???

You need passport.

Victoria BC is cool for a day trip. The ferry is the best part. Take the one that allows cars on it. Goes slower and you can sight see more.

Vancouver go to the suspension bridge. Also look on line to see about a train ride up to Whistler.

[BigL]

Seattle do the market and a duck tour.

Since you're going solo theres a Rick's in Seattle that I had a great time at. Was there with a friend of mine who just became a multi-millionaire from a startup getting acquired. We spent a lot of money there and got to stay until daylight for the after the club closed party.

Oh market and duck tour was with the family so not near the story value as the trip with my rich friend...

[dbaio1]

Check out the Victory Clipper and ride over to Victoria B.C.

[rosco11]

I've been wanting to circle back around on this thread for a long time. This trip to Seattle back in 2017 turned out very interesting.

I made the trip to Seattle and had a good work week. My mom came and visited for a few days as I was wrapping up my work responsibilities. We got to hike Rattlesnake Ledge and eat at some super cool restaurants in Bellevue near Seattle. It was a great few days and then mom headed back to TX.

I had planned to head to Canada for the weekend. That fell through and I decided to extend my stay in Seattle/Bellevue. I went for a run and did a few things around town and actually ran into an old friend of mine at the same hotel. We visited a while but he was busy leading the conference he was there for. I decided to give online dating a try and see if I could find someone cool to go to dinner with or find an adventure over the weekend.

Bingo.. I met Carly. She is from Ellensburg in central Washington and basically awesome in every way. We immediately hit it off and had a great weekend.

Fast forward 3 years later, we have been dating long distance since. We traveled together a ton and would meet up in San Antonio, New York, Chicago, 2 trips to the hunting ranch in Rocksprings, we went over seas to Portugal and the next year to Slovenia, Vienna and Budapest. We would see each other at least once a month in TX or I'd go to WA and our relationship grew.

Last summer I lost the job I've had for a decade during Covid. We turned this crap situation into something awesome. I decided to make the move. After a few months living in her tiny apt I landed a great job. In October, We bought a house in a suburb as far from Seattle as we could get but still within reason of a commute if necessary.

During this time I've made some cool friends and even have got to do a little hunting out in eastern Washington. We have a group of guys that love pheasant and quail hunting. We probably went 8 times over the winter. So much fun!

The big news, on July 4th a few weeks ago on a hike near beautiful Leavenworth, WA I asked her to marry me. She said Yes! Our adventure continues! Carly and her family are amazing.

I think it's so cool that this little work trip a few years ago completely changed everything!

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[lilavidhunter]

That is a Great Story and Congratulations to you both.

[CassCounty]

Great story! Congratulations!!

[3DW5]

Very cool!!!!! Congratulations