We've had a great few days in Seattle. Yesterday we went downtown to Pike Place Market and then spent the rest of the day going to 2 different parks. We came back to our hotel in the early evening to give the boys a chance to relax for a little while. Today we went to the Museum of Flight - that was really cool, but my camera battery was dead, so no pictures of that. However, we did get to go inside Air Force One, a B-17 and a Concorde -plus we saw tons of planes outside and several planes take off and land right next to us at Boeing Field. It was really neat - I'd say it rivaled the Smithsonian in Washington.
Part of the appeal of Pike Place is the first Starbucks. I didn't actually get any coffee inside - the line was too long and there were about 3 other Starbucks in a 2 block radius. I think Seattle must be the most caffeinated city in America - there are a ton of Starbucks, independent coffee shops, and tons of little drive-thru shacks on the side of the road throughout the whole city.
The highlight of the Pike Place Market is the flying fish stand (can you see the fish in the air in the picture above?). The boys really loved watching the guys throw the fish as the orders came in. They also were really fascinated with all of the dead fish packed on ice. We were amazed at how large many of them were.
Luke's favorite part of the market were the many fruit stands. Luke loves fruit and would chose to eat it above anything else in most cases. We got him some raspberries, nectarines and champagne grapes. We also stopped at a fruit stand in Oregon and got him blueberries and cherries.
To counter balance all of the exercise we had partaked in the day before during our long hike to the beach - we went to Top Pot Doughnuts. We ended up having a long walk back to our car afterwards, so we burned off more calories, as well.
After our trip downtown and lunch at a great wood-fire pizza place, we went to Green Lake Park and rented a paddle boat. The boys loved it and they were even able to help us out a bit with the paddling.
Our last park of the day was to Kerry Park to get the best view of Downtown Seattle. The boys really loved the playground that was nearby and they burned off even more energy. They ended up taking a nap on our way back to the hotel. We have so far dealt with pretty heavy traffic in Seattle, but it has given the boys a chance to get a little extra sleep in the car.
Tonight we ate dinner near our hotel at a restaurant right on the Sound. After dinner we watched the sunset over Whitby Island. Now the boys are asleep and are resting up for their our big day tomorrow and drive up to Vancouver.
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