{"id":525,"date":"2009-06-08T17:36:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T00:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=525"},"modified":"2009-06-08T17:36:28","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T00:36:28","slug":"mini-roadtrip-to-fall-city-snoqualmie-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"Mini Roadtrip to Fall City + Snoqualmie + others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BH and I made a short roadtrip to Fall City and Snoqualmie and North Bend and more.. phew.. so many places&#8230; quite tiring actually&#8230; oh well&#8230;read on..<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st Stop: Fall City Roadhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seattle &gt; Fall City. Took I5 then Hwy 202. Pass Redmond. Total journey time is 45mins. Traveled thru&#8217; narrow roads and farms.. and finally.. we reached Fall City! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcroadhouse.com\/\">Fall City Roadhouse<\/a> can be easily seen once u enter from Hwy202<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc1\/hs012.snc1\/4470_84866027798_664092798_2031438_2440520_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>when we reached here, we seriously had a hard time looking for a decent parking slot \ud83d\ude41 We ended up parking in someone&#8217;s basketball court, where there&#8217;s a sleeping dog We walked towards the restaurant and BH realized tt he didnt bring his camera, so he walked back to the car&#8230; and the dog was awake alr!guess what? It was barking at BH sooooo ferociously like it&#8217;s gonna attack him! I was terrified!!! &#8221; what if the dog have rabies?&#8221;I really do not know how to help him \ud83d\ude41 as I was watching helplessly, an angel appeared! She seem to know the dog, so she called onto it and distract it &#8221; shadow!! shadow!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>as the dog was distracted, bh managed to get into the car. By then, there&#8217;s a decent parking slot available. He quickly parked the car and we went into the resturant&#8230; man&#8230; bad experience!<\/p>\n<p>Bottomline: Wait for a slot &#8211; do not park near a black furry dog, if u do&#8230; make sure u distract it .. it&#8217;s name is &#8220;Shadow&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We ordered food , can&#8217;t rem what BH ordered BUT I had Biscuits with gravy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc1\/hs012.snc1\/4470_84866062798_664092798_2031443_2903735_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc1\/hs012.snc1\/4470_84866067798_664092798_2031444_972454_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think i was too freaked out by the dog or something&#8230; the food didnt taste tt good to me \ud83d\ude41 anyhow, we finished the food and left the place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd stop: Snoqualmie Falls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We head to Snoqualmie Falls &#8211; parked at a slot with 90mins limit.. i think we spent only like 20mins there.. haha<\/p>\n<p>The waterfall is really pretty ( as seen from the pic below, we are not even using professional camera) and it&#8217;s cold! so pls bring a windbreaker!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc1\/hs012.snc1\/4470_84866147798_664092798_2031457_2415707_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd Stop: Northwest railway Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Found this place by accident! we were on our way to North Bend and we saw this touristy place&#8230; so we stop by and took a look<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-snc1\/hs052.snc1\/4470_84866197798_664092798_2031463_2919559_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are wondering.. the train actually moves&#8230; for like US$10, we can take this train from Snoqualmie &gt; North Bend&gt;Snoqualmie again. we wanted to try BUT thot it&#8217;s ptless&#8230; haha&#8230; maybe during x&#8217;mas<\/p>\n<p><strong>4th stop: Snoqualmie Casino<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well.. the gambler in Bh says he wanna stop by <a href=\"http:\/\/snocasino.com\/index.php#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snoqualmie Casino<\/a>. Very new&#8230; very nice.. and the guards stop me to check my ID &#8211; they think i&#8217;m under-aged! I feel sooooo flattered! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>5th Stop: North Bend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the factory outlets .. not so crowded! ;p<\/p>\n<p><strong>6th stop: Seattle Costco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-526\" title=\"p1010320\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/p1010320-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"p1010320\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/p1010320-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/p1010320-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/p1010320-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a huge supermarket tt sells almost everything.. need member card to go in&#8230; oh well.. we come here occasionally to buy food in <strong>bulk<\/strong>, they only sell food in bulk and large quantities..<\/p>\n<p>The BIGGEST reason for us to be here is&#8230;&#8230; we needed to buy a fan as the weather is getting warmer&#8230;Costco is the like <strong>7th<\/strong> place we went to look for a fan&#8230; no.. fans are cheap starting from abt US$20.. just tt BH is being soooo picky!<\/p>\n<p>Let me list down the places we went( FYI, we went to no. 1 &#8211; 6 on saturday!)<\/p>\n<p>1) Walmart<\/p>\n<p>2) Home Depot<\/p>\n<p>3) Kmart<\/p>\n<p>4) Best buy<\/p>\n<p>5) Target<\/p>\n<p>6) Bed Bath &amp; beyond<\/p>\n<p>7) Costco ( lucky 7! we bought our fan.. phew&#8230; u wont wanna noe\u00a0 how many apartments we viewed before we choose our current one )<\/p>\n<p><strong>7th Stop: Uwajimaya <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grocery shopping &#8230; Bought fish.. wanna steam BUT i forgot to buy ginger<\/p>\n<p><strong>8th Stop: Safeway<\/strong> ( near our place)<\/p>\n<p>Bought ginger and head home&#8230; traffic was really bad at our area as there&#8217;s women NBA at keyArena, right outside our aptment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To save money,I came home and cooked spaghetti for dinner&#8230; oh well.. That&#8217;s our busy weekend.. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BH and I made a short roadtrip to Fall City and Snoqualmie and North Bend and more.. phew.. so many places&#8230; quite tiring actually&#8230; oh well&#8230;read on.. 1st Stop: Fall City Roadhouse Seattle &gt; Fall City. Took I5 then Hwy 202. Pass Redmond. Total journey time is 45mins. 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