Most take short trips: According to recent data, the average vacation trip away from home is around   5.5 days   based on global leisure travel statistics, with most people staying for 4.5 nights in the United States specifically.   Key points about average vacation length: Global average:   5.5 days   US average:   4.5 nights   Statistica has a more complete summary, showing that people in South Africa go for 10.6 days and Brazil for 7.8 days.   Reddit  indicates the sweet spot for a perfect vacation is between 18-21 days. Thus, our 60-day journey is about ten times longer than most trips, and three-times that of a perfect vacation. You can read 60 postings, beginning on October 9, to December 8.  Or this summary today of what will become the whole thing. We live in Honolulu, so flew to Seattle. Caught the Norwegian Encore (a ship that holds up to 4000 passengers) in Seattle, transited the Panama Canals and ended up 35 days later a...

I've been to Seattle about half a dozen times, the most recent six years ago.  Read my four postings ( 1,   2 ,  3 , and  4 ).  The highlight was  Chihuly Garden and Glass. About Seattle: The area was inhabited by the Duwamish 4000 years before the Europeans came, led by George Vancouver of Great Britain in 1792. An American, Arthur Denny, arrived on a ship in 1851 and founded the city.  Named after Chief Seattle, leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Like Rome, the city is built on seven hills.  Well, maybe 12. The city is 41% by area water. Seattle is cloudy 201 days out of the year, with 93 partly cloudy.  It has a well-earned reputation for rain, but only drizzles, for New York Ciity, Miami and Houston have more actual rainfall/year. Logging was the first major industry. The Great Seattle Fire of 1889 destroyed the central business district. Became the gateway to Alaska during Klondike Rush between 1896-9. American Messenger Compan...