Part two of our trip was dedicated to Seattle. We had so much fun in Vancouver, and were sad to leave, but Seattle was awaiting us! Of course, everyone asks "Did you go up the Space Needle?" The answer to this is NO. You might ask why, or you probably don't care but I am going to tell you anyway. The needle is $17 a person. $34 for both of us for just a few snapshots that I could actually get touring in other places of Seattle as well. Everyone told us that if we were going to go up a building to go into the Smithe Tower. One of the oldest buildings in Seattle and even said to have a better view, and for only $6 a person! Well, we didn't end up doing that one either:( The reason for this was we had the best views from our Argosy Harbor Tour of Elliott Bay and other waters around Seattle. We saw several islands, the Space Needle, shipping docks, and a great view of the skyline: see below.
Mount Rainier was beautiful and amazing to see the whole time we were there. I couldn't believe that here it was in AUGUST and this magnificent mountain already had snow on it. Crazy! Come to find out, thanks to our tour guide on the Argosy Boat Tour, that Mount Rainier is actually only visible to Seattle about 70 days out of the year. He gave reasons such as: cloudy from all the rain, the clouds actually cover the mountain many times of the year, haze, pollution, etc. The cool thing was is that the whole time we were there we saw the mountain! I guess we got lucky seeing it for 3 days in a row out of the 70 days a year it can be seen:)
Like with Vancouver, Mount Rainier really looks so much better in person. You have to realize this mountain is still a 2 1/2 hour drive away from Seattle. I can't imagine how large this thing would be if you were actually at the base of it and up close and personal. We were debating taking a day trip there but that was 6 hours in the car with traffic, and several hours there to visit the mountain, and we just didn't have that time allowed with our busy schedule. The view of the mountain from the airplane on the way home was awesome too. SOOO big!! God is amazing:)
The highlight of Steven's Seattle adventure was probably eating at The Crab Pot. The restaurant is right there on the bank of Elliott Bay. This bay is the deepest salt water bay in America at 1000 feet deep in spots. 700 feet is average. This information also thanks to our Argosy Tour guide! Anyway, back to the eating....you get there and they give you a bib, hammer, cutting board, and just throw your food on the table for you to go at it! Good thing I got something that took awhile to eat too because these meals take FOREVER to get into. Steven chowed down and I did some pretty good damage as well!
Up next, because I know you are all so PUMPED...is part 3 of our vacation (the last few days in Seattle). I will post soon!
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