I loved my visit to Seattle. a few years ago my mother and I visited Kent, Washington so she could get her license (I got a permit for the hell of it). The whole process took just one day, but we decided to stay an extra three days to see the sites (kent is prob 30 min from Seattle).

I'll tell ya,when you live in a town with a population of 6000 going somewhere other than Raleigh was refreshing.