Seattle is where Starbucks coffee got it’s start, and it hardly seemed right to visit here without having a cup from the wellspring. Although it’s not actually the original building where it all began, the Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room is only a few blocks away, and it’s where all the reserve roasting takes place. (No, I have no idea what the guy in the picture is doing, and didn’t see him when I took it!) As soon as…
I guess it’s probably obvious by now that I’m a fan of machinery, particularly elegantly designed fit-for-purpose machinery on a large scale. So when visiting Seattle, I couldn’t possibly miss the Boeing Future of Flight Aviation Center for a factory tour! The factory is at Mukilteo, about half an hour’s drive north of the city. Unfortunatly no cameras were allowed on the tour itself, but I can tell you that we visited the production line hangers for the 747-8, the…
I’ve received a number of questions from readers about living on the road, so thought I’d summarize them in a single post. Please keep the questions coming, I’m happy to answer them! Do you spend more time on highways or backroads? In general, I try to spend more time on secondary and backroads than highways, just because I think I see more of the world that way, get to discover things that aren’t visible just from the major roads, and have more…
I had to stop here because I was having a taco emergency. Love the phone number…!
At the northern end of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, near where the state of Montana borders the Canadian province of Alberta, lies Glacier National Park. In Glacier is reportedly one of the most beautiful mountain roads anywhere in the world, Going-to-the-Sun Road, or simply the Sun Road, as the locals seem to call it. Since I’ve become a seeker after natural beauty on this trip, this is someplace I wanted to see. It’s not a short drive…