COUNTDOWN
Cathy & Carrie. Seattle bound.
Y'all leave May 26 — granddaughter and grandma, Pacific Northwest, seven nights.
5 DAYS
Here's a taste of the week.
🍳 FOOD
Where you'll eat.
A week of stops on, around, and inside Pike Place — plus the headliner on the last night.
The Crumpet Shop · twice (May 28, June 1)
Pike Place chowder & grill · arrival night
Serious Pie · May 27 after Rainier
Biscuit Bitch · whale day breakfast
Local Tide · Fremont, twice
Daily Dozen Doughnuts · Chinatown morning
Dick's Drive-In · classic Seattle teen stop
🌹 Pink Door
June 1 · 5:45 PM · Italian since 1981, tucked in Pike Place.
Carrie — order the gnocchi.
🗼 ICONS
The big ones.
The postcard list, mostly stacked into May 31:
Space Needle · 9:45 AM
Museum of Pop Culture · 11:15 AM
Argosy Harbor Cruise · 4:00 PM
Chihuly Garden & Glass · 7:00 PM
And scattered across the week:
Pike Place Market · twice
Original Starbucks · arrival day
Gum Wall + Selfie Museum · May 28
Fremont Troll · May 30, again May 31
🌲 NATURE
Mountains and water.
🏔 Mt. Rainier
May 27 · meeting point 415 Pine at 6:30 AM, tour 7 AM–7 PM. Long day. Worth it.
🐋 Whale watching
May 29 · FRS Clipper from Pier 69, noon–4 PM. The walk from the Moore is flat along the waterfront — about 20 minutes.
Plus Discovery Park (May 30, possible) and Olympic Sculpture Park on the waterfront after the aquarium.
🚶 ON FOOT
Four walking days.
The itinerary calls four of the seven days Walking Days:
May 26 · arrival & Pike Place
May 27 · Rainier (the walk to pickup is short, the tour is long)
May 28 · Pike Place tour + aquarium + sculpture park
May 29 · waterfront to Pier 69
Pike Place sits on a grade. The waterfront is mercifully flat. June 1's Capitol Hill day has the most mileage.
Cathy — the Crumpet Shop breakfast on Capitol Hill day isn't just delicious, it's fuel.
🚉 TRANSIT
How you'll move.
Link Light Rail · 1 Line
SeaTac ↔ Westlake (your hotel stop) ↔ Capitol Hill ↔ Chinatown.
Monorail
May 31 from Westlake Center to Seattle Center — two-minute ride, all the charm.
King County Metro
Routes 7, 49, 62, 40 for Chinatown, Fremont, the Troll, and back.
Stay on 1st or 2nd Ave when walking. Uber after dark — always.
✈️ BOOKENDS
Wheels up. Wheels down.
May 26 · outbound
AA 2529 · CLT 9:19 AM → SEA 12:10 PM
June 2 · home
AA 2529 · SEA 1:10 PM → CLT 9:28 PM
Home base
The Moore Hotel · 1926 2nd Ave · (206) 448-4851
💙 Come home safe.
Love, Amy, Rob, Biscuit and Button.