Trip planning.

The Hubby has 11 days off at the end of the month, so we're taking the Cessna up to Seattle for a week and then stopping in Kalispell, MT, for a few days on the way home.

Hotels there are expensive, y'all. I found one on Hotwire the other day for $64 a night, but the Hubby wasn't home and I wanted to ask him before I booked it, so I didn't, and then I went back to the site yesterday and the cheapest one was $93! EEP!

So, I toddled over to either Expedia or Travelocity (I get them mixed up), and they had the Sutton Suites Extended Stay for $77. Which was better, but still more than I wanted to pay. Because I am CHEAP, yo. So I toddled over to Sutton's actual website, and they had a weekly rate for $65 a night. YAY, sez I, and booked that puppy before it disappeared.

We got a rental car for an insanely inexpensive rate through Hertz, of all places; they usually charge the most. Not this time, especially with our AOPA discount. So, we have a room and a car.

Now I need to call the whale-watching place and get set up on a sunset tour. Done.

Right now our tentative schedule looks like this (with handy links):
Sat 21: Travel, landing at the Renton Airport
Sun 22: Zoo (either Seattle or Tacoma)
Mon 23: Boeing Museum of Flight
Tue 24: other zoo
Wed 25: Science Center, Science Fiction Museum, and Space Needle, which are all in close proximity to each other
Thu 26: whale watching at sunset with San Juan Safaris, along with a day on that island, after taking the 11:05 ferry
Fri 27: Aquarium, Harbor Tour
Sat 28: Travel to Kalispell
Sun 29, Mon 30: wander around Glacier Nat'l Park, balloon flight
Tue 31: Travel home

The CityPass gives us admission to the Aquarium, the Harbor Tour, the Museum of Flight, and the Science Center, along with the Woodland Park Zoo (which we already get into for free with our Hogle Zoo membership). It'll cost us $39.50 rather than $64.25 apiece for the Hubby and me, and $24 rather than $38 for Da Boy. That saves us over $60, so I call that a WIN.

And I just found the Seattle Metro Trip Planner, so we can take the bus downtown rather than trying to drive there and park, which is always a nightmare no matter what city you're in.

Mostly, this entry is for helping me keep track of where we're going, which day, with linkage, so I don't get confuzzled.

Now, I'm nearly positive that some of you live in that area...

Trip planning.

The Hubby has 11 days off at the end of the month, so we're taking the Cessna up to Seattle for a week and then stopping in Kalispell, MT, for a few days on the way home.

Hotels there are expensive, y'all. I found one on Hotwire the other day for $64 a night, but the Hubby wasn't home and I wanted to ask him before I booked it, so I didn't, and then I went back to the site yesterday and the cheapest one was $93! EEP!

So, I toddled over to either Expedia or Travelocity (I get them mixed up), and they had the Sutton Suites Extended Stay for $77. Which was better, but still more than I wanted to pay. Because I am CHEAP, yo. So I toddled over to Sutton's actual website, and they had a weekly rate for $65 a night. YAY, sez I, and booked that puppy before it disappeared.

We got a rental car for an insanely inexpensive rate through Hertz, of all places; they usually charge the most. Not this time, especially with our AOPA discount. So, we have a room and a car.

Now I need to call the whale-watching place and get set up on a sunset tour. Done.

Right now our tentative schedule looks like this (with handy links):
Sat 21: Travel, landing at the Renton Airport
Sun 22: Zoo (either Seattle or Tacoma)
Mon 23: Boeing Museum of Flight
Tue 24: other zoo
Wed 25: Science Center, Science Fiction Museum, and Space Needle, which are all in close proximity to each other
Thu 26: whale watching at sunset with San Juan Safaris, along with a day on that island, after taking the 11:05 ferry
Fri 27: Aquarium, Harbor Tour
Sat 28: Travel to Kalispell
Sun 29, Mon 30: wander around Glacier Nat'l Park, balloon flight
Tue 31: Travel home

The CityPass gives us admission to the Aquarium, the Harbor Tour, the Museum of Flight, and the Science Center, along with the Woodland Park Zoo (which we already get into for free with our Hogle Zoo membership). It'll cost us $39.50 rather than $64.25 apiece for the Hubby and me, and $24 rather than $38 for Da Boy. That saves us over $60, so I call that a WIN.

And I just found the Seattle Metro Trip Planner, so we can take the bus downtown rather than trying to drive there and park, which is always a nightmare no matter what city you're in.

Mostly, this entry is for helping me keep track of where we're going, which day, with linkage, so I don't get confuzzled.

Now, I'm nearly positive that some of you live in that area...