We are getting a little more used to pacific time - of course going to bed early and sleeping for 9 hours doesn't hurt either! We had a very pleasant morning and everyone was in good spirits. We had breakfast in the restaurant downstairs then drove to downtown Seattle!
The drive over was very nice - I was able to see a cloud free sky and from what I understand that is a rare sight here! We went to downtown Seattle and parked close to the Pike Street Public Market. This is the one made famous by the Pike Street Fish Company - you might have seen them if you've watched leadership videos or read their book FISH! or FISH STICKS! They made a fortune by talking how they made their fish stand the best in the market by working together as a team and having a good time. They toss fish and make a lot of noise as they are doing it. Personally, I wasn't all that impressed - they just appeared to be playing to the crowd gathered.
The Public Market was teeming with life and is a very cool place. They had a lot of fish markets (five that I counted), a bunch of flower stands, several vegetable & fruit markets and a whole bunch of vendors. It was crowded and we had a good time, got plenty of photos and had a fabulous lunch. We were able to cross the street and watch them make cheese, saw the original Starbucks then took a monorail to the Space Needle. For our family in San Antonio, the Hemisphere tower is much nicer but the views from the Space Needle are gorgeous! You can see the snow capped mountains, the bay, the river as well as the city. It was a very pretty view and I got plenty of photos. Yes, the skies clouded up and it rained most of our time there!
Close to the Space Needle, we visited the Science Fiction Museum. They had a bunch of neat displays, some costumes from movies as well as props. We had a good time there. Attached to it was a Music Museum - we didn't spend much time there. Of course, it continued to rain!
The hardest decision of the afternoon was where to eat - they just have so many good places to eat. The girls got mac & cheese and cheese curds from the place that made fresh cheese. I went to a russian stand that make beef & cheese piroshky's. They also made a great apple and cinnamon roll. A piroshky is like a really big buttery croissant stuffed with beef, cheese, onion and some spices then baked.
I was surprised about the homeless population in Seattle - every street corner had someone asking for money. Seattle must be aware of this population because they've created a newspaper the people can sell for a dollar.
The rest of the afternoon was spent with the trip back to the hotel, a quick nap for the girls and then we went back out for the evening. The area we stayed in near the airport was quite congested - the mall area was quite packed out. We spent about an hour searching for a mexican restaurant - since it was her last evening to choose, that was my wife's craving!
After driving around for an hour, we wound up at a restaurant a couple of blocks from the hotel! It wasn't bad but wouldn't crack my top 300 restaurant list.
The girls went to the pool and spent some time while I got the clothes packed up. Tomorrow will be a quick day at the hotel then a long day elsewhere so our organization skills will be challenged especially if we are going to make it to church tomorrow morning - we found a small church close by that has service at 11am.
Day Twenty Seven comes to close as I hear the Seattle rain on the side of the building. I'm not really looking forward to Day Twenty Eight but we have to go through one more good bye before we can begin preparing for hello.
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