Tomorrow our guests go back to Colorado, so today we went to the city. Today was Space Needle Day! We arrived about 9:30, ahead of the crowds, and after a stop at Starbucks,we spent a long time viewing the details of the city from above. There were buildings, city districts and bodies of water to identify. There were helicopters and float planes and ferry boats and fire trucks and buses and the monorail to follow. And of course there was the souvenir shop to peruse and drop more money in.
After descending the Needle, we rode the monorail downtown to Westlake Center for lunch and a brief look around the square before returning via the monorail to Seattle Center. The International Fountain was putting on a show and attracting "bathers", as the sky began to clear of the morning fog and clouds.
We were doing so well that we stretched the day to include the Ship Canal locks in Ballard, where we watched tour boats, yachts and assorted pleasure boats come in from Puget Sound and be raised to the level of Lake Union. We finished with a visit to the fish ladder at the locks, where the Chinook salmon were running.
By then Irene was more than ready to go to "Gramma's house" to play. So we did. We then had dinner out at Red Robin with mud pie for dessert. A stroll on the fishing pier at Des Moines Marina completed a very full and very successful day.
You could be a tour guide. I'll bet no one rocked you to sleep that night~ Get some R&R!
ReplyDeletethanks for taking us along, we've been all those places. in fact my first trip that way was at the world's fair in 1960 when the byu folk dancers took a tour up that way. fun places to visit.
ReplyDeleteOh the fountain, beautiful, isn't it fun? We did the fountain, and actually declined the SN because it was a long line and was overcast that day, but next time.
ReplyDeleteNice photos, beautiful family Linda!