Not wanting to do something crazy like recap a trip out of order, today will be the fourth day of our recent visit to Seattle. This is the first vacation that I have recapped day by day, but each one on this trip had a craft beer or interesting food happening that makes it tough to leave any part out. Be sure to check out the first day, the second day, and the third day if you need to catch up with what went on.
As always, with FAT Monday posts there are pictures and plenty of them. Now on we go . . .
Ignoring our late return time the night before and the many beers enjoyed at the wedding, we were up quite early the following morning to get ourselves up to Vancouver, BC for the day. Before doing so, coffee was a must and where there is coffee there should be donuts. In our case that meant a dozen from Mighty-O Donuts for the road. There was going to be a lot of walking once we reached our destination, so we needed to prepare ourselves properly during the drive.
A nice sampler platter.
First border crossing went smoothly
The only plans made for the day were actually to get to Vancouver in the morning and return home at a decent time. What happened in between was to be figured out along the way as a sort of choose your own adventure scenario. Once we parked our car under the library in the center of downtown (and used the facilities there) we simply started walking (downhill at first).
Pretty easy to notice this building
In search of bathrooms.
Then we walked some more, found a place for lunch, and then walked some more. After raining most of the drive up, the weather broke perfectly for us. We walked from one side of the city to the other and meandered through the areas between.
The Wife and me.
Great views are abundant.
Water and mountains everywhere.
We left time at the end of the day to stop by Granville Island on our way back to Seattle to check out a little of this . . .
We always stop at the market
No idea what these are
And we could not leave town without having some of this . . .
It was good to be there.
A comfortable space
After taking a seat in the tasting room at Granville Island Brewing we order samples of everything that they had, not wanting to miss out on anything. Though the beer certainly went down quite easily after walking around all day, I did not leave the place craving another sample of anything. Everything was good, with the Gastown Amber tasting the best to me that afternoon, but none really stood out to me as better than average. If I ever get back to Vancouver I will stop by again to see if my opinions remain the same.
Why choose only four?
When yo ucan try them all.
We enjoyed the remaining donuts on the return drive to Seattle and eagerly opened a few brews upon our arrival after enduring close to an hour at the border crossing. Ending a day with good beer and good friends is never a bad thing in my book.
The lawn is well kept at the border
Until the next day . . .
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