Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Our trip to Seattle....Mastercard Style

Miles in the Minivan.......522

Being forced to pay for vale parking all week.....$135

Cooler full of food we can't use because there's no kitchen in the condo....$110

Having a condo right downtown in Seattle....priceless



City blocks we walked.....9

Three peaches...$6.50

Eight doughnut holes....$3.50

Being at Pike's Place Market.......Priceless





Metro to the Seattle Center........$8.00

Five City Passes........$223

Bag of Carmel Corn....$4.oo

Riding to the top of the Space Needle.............Priceless






Riding the bus to the zoo.......$6.25

Five City Passes.........$223

Cheeseburger lunch in the rain.......$30

Seeing two giant Grizzly Bears up close......Priceless





Blocks to the Aquarium.....9

Five City Passes....$223

Seeing two sea otters fight and then make up.......Priceless


Three tickets to the Mariners Game.......$48

Starving and freezing.......free

Seeing the game with crazy Uncle Trav..........Priceless



Blocks down to the pier.......9

Five city passes.....$223

Souveneirs from the gift shop.....$12

Touring the bay on a boat........Priceless



Miles in the Minivan.....110

Lunch at the gas station.......$12

Having a condo (with a kitchen) in Leavenworth......Priceless




Total days gone.........8

Total miles driven.....1107

Total dollars spent......$ouch!

Family vacations.........Priceless


5 comments:

Emili said...

Your pictures look fabulous! What fun. I hope you didn't have to buy citipasses on 3 different occasions though!

Andrew, Marci and Brinlee Bailey said...

Looks like so much fun. Glad you guys had a good time!

The Kay Family said...

No that was just for effect.....we only bought them once!

Amber said...

i'm glad it was fun! looks like there was lots do to. Someday we need to get up there! (wasn't it nice having a photographer follow you around...now that's priceless;))

Connie said...

I had wondered where in the heck you ran off to. That looks like such a fun trip. I love Seattle. Never been to a Mariners game though. I'm jealous.