A fond farewell to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest

A quick post in honor of our former hometown: Seattle, Washington. We will miss Seattle a lot. Although we only lived there for two years, we really loved it and agree that if we move back to the United States, Seattle is where we would return.

Yes, it rains a lot, and we even survived the 2016-2017 winter, which was the wettest and possibly coldest on record. We even had to get Clyde a fleece for the cold. (Poor guy, in his old age he tolerated it well.) Still, Seattle has so much to offer. A few things we loved about it:

It’s so green and pretty. The number of trees makes you smile.

We liked it’s “smallness.” The city has only about 740,000 residents, the greater Seattle-Tacoma area about 3.5 million, and the entire State is only 7 million. Compared to California, that’s small!

It rains! Honestly, the drought in CA just gets old. And it has seasons – enjoy the summer while it lasts!

Mount Rainier – the view (when it comes out) never gets old. Great place to hike too! Yes, we did hike there:

The people. Seattleites are an interesting bunch. Lots of crazy liberals, which we appreciated. Casual, outdoorsy, and interesting folks.

The house and neighborhood we lived in. Shout out to Greg & Jeff, our terrific neighbors in the Central District on Spruce St.

The city’s/state’s inferiority complex as expressed by The Seattle Times’ sports writers in particular. If you were ever from Washington or played for a Washington school, you will forever be known as “former Washington State Cougar Klay Thompson” or “former Washington Husky standout Isaiah Thomas.” This always made us laugh.

Being close to Shana’s siblings and our nephews. So nice to see them on a more regular basis.

Thanks to those of you came to visit us in Seattle! We’re not sure when we will return – no current plans – but Seattle will always be in our hearts.

Required picture of Puget Sound and the Seattle Eye taken during our last week:

Shana & Jeff