It was sunny (after days of rain), and warmish (48 degrees), so we decided to put the top down and run the roadster up north.
As most of y'all know, I do not like to take the roadster out with the top up...seems wrong, somehow. :) I know that some people think it's nuts to have a roadster in Seattle (with all the rain we have), but honestly, when it's not raining here (regardless of the temperature) the drive with the top down is wonderful! In most places, they get tons of heat with the sunshine...not so Seattle...lol, so you can drive more often with the top down and not bake. I will turn the A/C on when it gets too hot though (cold air falls, before you laugh too hard, so it pretty much stays in the car.)
Goofy and I put on hats, gloves and scarfs...put the top down and hit the road! Goofy also had a blanket and ear muffs, but I digress :)
Here's a view of the mountains from the southbound freeway, looking east. I guess we were having too much fun enjoying the day to take pics on the northbound trip :) All the way up, we saw how lovely the snow has dusted (or buried :)) the mountaintops surrounding us...
Here's the road heading southbound...if you look hard, you might be able to see Mt. Rainier in the distance...
There wasn''t much traffic north of Everett, but once you hit the northern limits, nearly gridlock! OK...10 MPH, but that's way too slow for Magic!
I love the way the trees stand sentinel on the sides of the freeway. In winter, the birch trees look so stark and barren...just like they should. Goofy got a great pic over the top of the roadster of the trees in shadow....
This is looking west toward the water somewhere north of Everett. What an amazing sunset!
So...we had a great roadtrip (we did have to stop for a little outlet shopping in Burlington - the last thing to really do before the border :)) The sun was out, the ragtop was down... the seats were on high, the heat was blasting our toes and the stereo drowned out our singing along (for the most part).
Perfect day for a Sunday drive in January! Hope you all had a great weekend too!
Later, gators!
M&G
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