Travel Plans

Under a month to go now until our holidays, a trip that has been booked for so long I was beginning to feel it would never happen! All that lead time should mean every last detail is sorted but of course they're not, though I like to think that the important things have been - like the travel knitting project - everyone knows socks are a perfect travel project and for a longer trip - take longer socks:

Amanda (if you've never visited with Amanda click this link to see her BEAUTIFUL Aeolian Shawl) asked whether I thought they'd stay up - as written I had my doubts so I added in a line of eyelets just above the ribbing so I can add a pretty ribbon garter. I'm having a hard time resisting knitting these but I want to make sure I have a good long stretch of knitting to go for the airport and flight time. (I also like to imagine that I need to stop at this point to make sure that there is enough knitting in hand so that I won't finish the project before the flight home - I will never accept how slowly I knit!)

We're flying into Seattle and then down to Portland where we'll spend most of a week while I'm working and I get a day at the end of that week work free, for which important thing number two has been sorted - a lovely looking yarn shop to visit: Close Knit.

Then we get in to the less firm plans, we want to visit the Oregon coast and think hiring a car is the best option, and then we want to get the Cascades train up to stay in Seattle for a few days before we fly home. There we're hoping that we can sample the delights of Delancey.

So who would have guessed that knitting and food are the fixed points in the itinerary of a trip I'm taking?! Any suggestions of places we must see most welcome.