Seattle:)

View of Seattle harbor from the Space Needle.

View of the Space Needle from the Monorail.

Mikayla on the O Deck of the Space Needle.

See the fish in the air, they were tossing it. Yeah:)

The Public Market.


We got up this morning and started the drive into Seattle. It was about 5 hours today, not bad considering what we did yesterday. We arrived at Scott and John's (Mikayla's uncle's) house at about 2 p.m. They went to the beach but are letting us use the house while we are in town. Very nice of them.

After we got the bikes and the car topper off (just so we would fit in the parking garage) we decided to head down to Pike Place Market. Thank god for the GPS because I don't think we would have made it there. The downtown area is very busy and the streets are crazy and there are a lot of one way streets.

We saw the fish being thrown at the one fish market, which was so cool:) We walked all around the market and got some really delicious mini doughnuts that where recommended to me by one of my student's mom. There were so good that I wanted to get some more but they were already closed by the time that we returned.

After the market we walked over to the monorail. It took us over to Seattle Center so that we could see the Space Needle. It was a great ride up to the O Deck and 520 feet of glory. We walked all the way around and enjoyed the incredible view of Seattle. I got a Scuttlebutt Amber beer while we were up there and it tasted so good at the top of the Needle:) Yummy!!!

After several hours we decided to come back to the house. I didn't mind the drive down to the market but the drive back just about did me in. The road reminds me of the roads in San Francisco and I didn't realize that I would be going almost vertical. I had to use both feet so that I wouldn't roll too far backwards. I really don't know how anyone can get used to that road. Then to top it all off a fire engine started coming from behind us, with its lights and siren going. We were on a one way street and everyone was stopped at the light. No where to go!!! So cars just started going into the intersection and trying to get out of the way. It was nuts. I am very happy that we are back at the house and I can have another adult beverage now!!!!! Mikayla even said that she needed a Coke to calm her nerves after that ride. And it really wasn't even my fault.