We were on a 2 week road trip from Montana to Portland. This IS the way to see Seattle! Why stay in Seattle and look at a building out your hotel window when you can view the city and the water from this place? Roger is a gracious host! He has open window views of the city from each bedroom, a kitchen that suits your needs which we used for breakfast everyday and dinner one night. There are gorgeous flowers all over this quiet and peaceful neighborhood!There are delicious restaurants nearby along with stores for groceries and delicious coffee shops. We woke up to a beautiful and magical sunrise over the city. Roger's suggestion for Marination at the boat ferry for delicious Hawaiian barbecue was on point. Even my picky kids loved it! We were able to take and easy ferry across to town that took all of 10 minutes to do The Wheel, the gum wall, and Pike Place Market (flowers, cherries, fish market, Sleepless in Seattle scenes, etc.) that were within a very short walking distance from the ferry. From there, we were able to do a $7 dollar cab ride for 4 to the Space Needle. Very easy! It was also home base while we went to Mt. Rainier one day! The laundry machine provided also helped us as this was halfway in between our trip. We wouldn't have done it any other way! This was a fantastic and fabulous place to stay on our vacation!