Seattle

Yesterday Cely and I drove up to the Ikea just outside of Seattle. It was a great day. Cely has been missing the quiches that we used to get at Ikea in Schaumburg and missing the cool and cheap home stuff. So we hopped into the car for a drive. Not very smart with how the price of gas has been lately but being smart has not stopped us ever in the past. We got up there at about 3pm after stopping at the IHOP in Salem for breakfast and a 3 and a half hour drive from there. When we got up there we discovered that they weren't making the quiches in Seattle. Maybe they have changed there menu all over. It has been awhile since we made an Ikea visit. Of course we ended up buying some Swedish sweets and cheese, a couple of cheap throw rugs and a table top grill. You cannot go into that place without spending some money. This Ikea was really different from the one in Schuamburg. I think what they did was just take over a couple of existing warehouses. That made it less attractive to shop in. I wonder if this was one of the first Ikea's in the US or if it is just a temporary store. It is even placed in an area zoned for light industry and warehousing rather than shopping.

I didn't take any pictures on this trip so here is a picture of some the beautiful rhododendrons that grow around here. They are starting to fade but when they are in their full glory they are spectacular.