Elmira to northwest Washington state

We spent about two weeks in northwest Washington and it was a very good trip.

Getting there wasn't as exciting as we wished - our original flight from the Elmira NY airport was delayed so we wouldn't have made our Philadelphia flight. USAIR folks sprung into action and quickly booked us on Northwest leaving a few minutes after we got to the airport (1 hr 20 minutes early). Hopped on the flight to Detroit where we waited around for a while. When we boarded, we were into the same row, but in window seats. Would either of the two folks in the aisle seat change with either of us? No way, both insisted they had to go to the bathroom a lot (on the flight, both of them went a total of three times). Luckily, a couple of guys in the row behind us gave up their seats.

Now, that was the most disappointing first class flight (Detroit to Seattle) that I have ever traveled. The evening meal was a cold Cobb salad. There is no movie and no music or entertainment. The only thing first class offers is more seat room and lots of booze. We definitely took advantage of the booze.

Any, we got to Seattle about 1/2 hour later than originally scheduled and got a shuttle to Bremerton that dropped us off right at our hotel, the Hampton Inn at the waterfront in Bremerton. We got there about 11:30 and I had to take the ferry out the next morning at 6:20 - not too much sleep and I was going to get really familiar with the Seattle/Bremerton ferry over the next 10 days or so.