Tyler and Caresse: Favorite Thing To Do

I'm sure this won't come as a surprise to many, but I LOVE to plan. Nothing makes me happier (and strangely calmer) than getting out pen and paper and making a "to-do" list. It's when I start to plan in Excel that things really start to get crazy.

Right now I am in the middle of planning our upcoming North West Road Trip! Tyler and I have never been to Seattle before (well technically I have, but I was 7 or 8 and don't remember much) and it's been on our "travel to-do" list ever since we moved to NorCal. When looking at our calendars we realized that Tyler has a week off in between semesters, so we decided to make the most of that week and drive up the North West coast.

The trip will be about 20 hours each way, but we're making the most of the trip and stopping in NorCal to see Aubrey and our Livermore Crew on the drive up (and down). We're also making a couple of pit stops in Portland, which we're both really excited about. I hear great things about downtown Portland. Lots of micro breweries for Tyler and tax free shopping for me! Then we will mosey on up to Seattle (it's about a 3 hour drive from Portland) for a couple of days.

We still have a bit of planning to do. So far we've got our travel times and hotels figured out. Now comes the fun part... planning our activities and trying to decide where to eat. The majority of our West Coast friends are from or have lived in Seattle, so we have a lot of restaurant suggestions. Bryn even dedicated an entire post about it. If we're not careful all of our Insanity work is going to go down the drain :)

Here are a couple of activities we are looking at....

1. A picnic in Gas Works Park