We started our full day in Seattle with a quick breakfast at Oddfellows Café and a stroll around Capital Hill. The rest of the day was mostly spent driving around the greater Seattle area, working our way counter-clockwise around Lake Washington from Renton and New Castle, up through Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland, and finally shooting all the way over to Edmonds before settle back down to Greenwood area. Overall it was interesting to get a sense of how each neighborhood was like and the “vibes” they had compared to their online descriptions.

Saw a couple of these rigs, really cool trucks that look like the product of AEV, an overlander focused company that’s known for using Rams as a foundation. They’re very pricy and not really well known so spotting one is pretty rare.

One thing that was not rare during our trip were the number of JDM 4X4 vans that have been imported to the States. They’re not common in CA where our SMOG laws prevent them from being registered, but up here that’s not an issue.

On our last day we drove around West Seattle before returning the rental and flying home. I’m lucky enough to already live in one of the prettiest cities in the world, but both Portland and Seattle really do have a lot going for them. One of the few cities that I enjoy every time I visit.