For those of us who live on the Eastside, it now costs to cross over Lake Washington to Seattle.  Are tolls this expensive everywhere else?  Thank you  museums for providing a free day, I wouldn’t go without you, but why is ‘free’ so expensive?

1.  $3.50 toll crossing the 520 bridge to Seattle at peak time

2.  $3.00 parking fee at UW campus to visit the Burke Museum

3.  $9.00 spent on a book at University Bookstore (The Encyclopedia of Country Living) to validate my parking, which parking necessitated by not wanting to recross the 520 during peak time.

4.  $2.80 toll crossing the bridge on 6pm return trip

Total  $18.30 for my ‘free’ museum day (plus gas)  Was it worth it?  Of course….I love field trips!