and the skyline
First stop, Space Needle..520' up
From up top..great views
I was a little chilly up there
you could barely see Mt. Rainier due to clouds, but on a clear day you can see it good
We then took the monorail to the center of town to go to Pike's Market
all kinds of seafood
lots of veggies
Parker Pickles
crabs...so many stalls of seafood, flowers, veggies, crafts, bakeries, etc.
The pig is famous...actually a piggie bank for charity
Peppers, what great colors
a little snack at a cheese company..behind Steve is the cheese being made
The first Starbucks..over 2000 coffee shops in Seattle on every corner...they love their coffee!
Laurie Herman, one of the youth group when Steve was a leader, is doing an internship at a church in Seattle..we had dinner together at Aqua Ferde and she gave us a list of things to do..even with addresses and phone numbers. 
something we haven't seen before..yellow jacket traps everywhere
toured the campus of University of Washington
We found another fair the next day in Puyallup (got to be a story about this town's name), but I think we are done with fairs for this tripWe drove about an hour to Mount Rainier National Park
Huge trees in the Park
Doesn't it look like a post card? It is so amazing but hard to capture the beauty
Friday morning our son let us know that our townhome in Raleigh had a water problem..we shut off the water but apparently my energy efficient front load washing machine leaked water.After a few phone calls, we picked up on our plans for the day...in to Seattle for seafood at Ray's Boat House on the water
and then to the Locks...here boats are waiting to pass from Salmon Bay to Puget Sound
The salmon migrate upstream to spawn and to help them pass, a fish ladder was built
The kinds of salmon that come thru here
There's a viewing area and here's a big one coming thru the ladder
We finished our Seattle visit on the Underground tour at Pioneer Square, the original settlement of Seattle that was closed down years ago Rich in history of debauchery and con men..quite an interesting tour
and the last picture..the Smith-Corona (typewriters) Building that was one of the tallest in the Nation when it was built
and then to the Locks...here boats are waiting to pass from Salmon Bay to Puget Sound
The salmon migrate upstream to spawn and to help them pass, a fish ladder was built
The kinds of salmon that come thru here
There's a viewing area and here's a big one coming thru the ladder
We finished our Seattle visit on the Underground tour at Pioneer Square, the original settlement of Seattle that was closed down years ago Rich in history of debauchery and con men..quite an interesting tour
and the last picture..the Smith-Corona (typewriters) Building that was one of the tallest in the Nation when it was built
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