Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Seattle

Last Friday, Will and I boarded a bound for Seattle to visit my parents!  I hadn't seen my parents since April, so I was very anxious and not patient on our 6 hour trip!
When we arrived, Will and I had not had lunch yet, so Mom took us to a fish'n'chips place on Lake Washington.  We had beautiful weather, so we sat outside while we ate lunch and took a stroll around the lake. 
After dinner, we went to one of the many state parks near my parent's house and saw the Puget Sound. 

After breakfast on Saturday morning, my parents took us to Pike's Market, the original Starbucks, and the Space Needle.  We had more great weather (the high got up to 95!) and we all really enjoyed the day outside!  We got a coffee in the original Starbucks store, meandered through the market (which reminded me a lot of the French Market in NOLA, only with more fresh fruit/veggies/flowers) then had lunch on the pier in Seattle.  We headed over to the Space Needle, bought VIP passes to skip the line, then headed up to an amazing view!  Seafair, the famous airshow, was going on that weekend, and the Blue Angels were flying in the show.  We got to the top of the Space Needle just as the Blue Angels blew past us! 

After the Space Needle, we headed next door to the Chihuly museum.  If you don't know who Dale Chihuly, I highly recommend you look him up!  the museum was amazing, then we noticed that Dale Chihuly himself was walking around in the museum (he is the man with the eye patch in the pictures).  Coolest museum I have ever been to!



On Sunday, we headed up to the mountains for more amazing views!  First we headed to the Snoqualmie Falls.  During the spring, then the snow is melting, the falls are quite a bit bigger, but we still had a great time!  We headed further up the mountain and found some lakes and trails.  One of the trails led to an old railroad tunnel that is 2.3 miles long.  In the middle of the tunnel, you cannot see either end (it's completely dark) and if the temp is 100 outside, it is 50 inside the tunnel!  The tunnel is closed between November and May each year, because stalagtites will form on the roof of the tunnel and could fall on you!  We didn't come prepared with flashlights and warmer clothes, but it's definitely something we want to do next time! 


On Monday, we headed to Bellevue, the home of Microsoft!  We looked at all the really big Microsoft buildings, then went the the mall!  It was another great day weather wise, so we ate outside on the deck! 

All in all, we had a great trip and cannot wait to go back!!!  Mom, keep that room ready!

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