Downtown Seattle

On Tuesday, we headed out to see what downtown Seattle had to offer. There were certain things we knew we wanted to see, but we didn't have too much planned so we could wander wherever the wind took us.

We weren't in a rush, so we didn't leave until mid-morning. On our way there, we caught out first glimpse of Mount Rainier.

As we made our way into the city, we also passed by the Seattle Seahawks Stadium. Mind you, this was just after the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. There were #12 banners every where. I literally mean everywhere. You couldn't turn around without seeing something about the Seahawks. If it wasn't something Seahawks related, then it was a Starbucks. HaHa. We had a running tally of how many Starbucks we saw. After losing count, I roughly estimated that it worked out to one every other block.

The first place we decided to go in Seattle was the Pike Place Market. Besides the Space Needle, the sign for the Pike Place Market is probably one of the most recognizable symbols of Seattle.

A lot of different stuff is sold at the market, from fresh fish, fresh produce, flowers, art, and other trinkets. Monk Fish anyone?

One of my favorite things about the market was all the neon signs. For some reason, I always love taking pictures of neon signs.

Perhaps one of the lesser known attractions in Seattle, at least to outsiders, is the Gum Wall. I think the name pretty much explains it.

The entire alley smelled like Bubbalicious.

Jamie's Grandma loves Starbucks. So Jamie had to get a cup of coffee from the 1st Starbucks location and send a picture of it to her Grandma.

(in 71 this is where it all began.)

Here's another sign for the Pike Place Market for a different entrance.

At one end of the Market, there was a park that had good views of the Sound.

And of course, there were ferry boats.

After we were done visiting the market, we decided to go get lunch. We ended up eating at a Qdoba. Nothing too special about it, except that it had a token operated lock to get into the bathroom. So obviously, you could only get a token after buying a meal. I'd never seen that before.

When we were done with lunch, we went over to the Space Needle.

At about this time, it started to sprinkle. But being in Seattle, I guess thats to be expected.

In order to get to the Space Needle, we took the monorail.

Beautiful wife waiting for the monorail.

Silly Daniel waiting for the monorail.

After riding the monorail back from the Space Needle, we went to the Seattle Aquarium. I think Jonah really enjoyed this. They had tide pools where you could reach in and touch Starfish. There was also a tank with a huge octopus, which really intrigued Jonah.

It was a really fun day. I'm not typically a fan of spending much time in big cities. But I have to admit, Seattle is a pretty cool place. I would definitely suggest visiting if you ever get the chance. I'm thinking we might have go back again some time ourselves.