A Little Seattle Getaway

My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 14th of this year. To mark the occasion, they wanted to go on an Alaskan cruise with all of their children and their spouses. Everyone (except my brother-in-law, Bruce, and his wife Jennifer) was able to arrange their schedule for a cruise from July 10 -17. More info and pictures to follow on that.....but on the front end of our cruise to Alaska, Steve and I decided to take a few days in Seattle to see some of the sites. We discovered a clean, green, eclectic, and very tourist friendly place. We LOVED IT!!

Steve in front of the Experience Music Project

On top of the Space Needle

Looking out into the Sound from the Needle

One of our favorite pieces from the sculpture garden...these are actually chairs on the other side

A cheese making shop in Pike Place Market

Down by the waterfront

From our water taxi, looking back toward the city

Visiting West Seattle....we got some great fish and chips here

The very cool hand operated elevators in the Smith Building - once the tallest building west of the Mississippi

On the balcony of the Smith Building

Safeco and Quest Fields

Looking down 2nd Street from the Smith Building to the Space needle

Seattle's gum wall...yep, it's just what it sounds like. Tons and tons of chewed gum on alley walls

The beautiful flowers in Pike Place Market

The crowded inner walkway of the market

Looking out at the Olympic Mountains from the pier

Beautiful Mt. Rainier with the stadium in the foreground

The cousin shot....L-R Ned, Nancy, Jill, Jeri, Jan, Brian.....

...and another one with Uncle Nyle and Aunt Susan, Mom and Dad. Unfortunately we didn't think to take this until after my cousin Kathy had gone home. We were also missing Ken who arrived later that night from Prague and Bruce who flew in the next morning. Aunt Susan invited us all over Saturday evening before the cruise for a family get together and a delicious dinner. Some of the cousins hadn't seen each other for 20 years or so. It was great to reconnect and the food was FABULOUS!!! Thanks, Kinghorn family!!