Seattle

Tuesday was our chosen day to head to Seattle for sightseeing. The skyline is amazing and beautiful. There is no shortage of building going on any where in the Seattle area.

We first headed to Pike's Marketplace and wandered up and down the various vendor's stalls. If we had not planned to do some retail therapy later, I would have been tempted to buy some beautiful fruit and vegetables. Also, the selection of flowers was absolutely spectacular not to mention the fish market section. Any fish you could think of was available to be purchased.

Here we are in the middle of Pike's Marketplace when we run into the Hollingsworth family from Sacramento. Melissa has known Kristin through most of their school years. They were in the area to attend a funeral and wanted to see Pike's Marketplace before they headed home. The girls got caught up on what they were doing and soon we said our goodbyes. How funny that we would run in to people from Sacramento in Seattle.

We had lunch and then headed off to the Seattle Aquarium. We enjoyed the aquarium but it does not compare to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Below is Melissa indulging in some star fish touching.

We spent quite a while in front of the sea otter display watching them and their funny antics.
I got this nice picture in front of a waterfall at the aquarium of my two favorite people.

Soon after this shot was taken, we ran in to a couple (Nancy and Dave) we had met at Broken Arrow in Custer. We knew they were also going to be in the Seattle area when we were but we never thought we would run in to them. They plan on heading to the Oregon area later just as we are, so who knows, our paths may cross again.

We then headed to Nordstrom's (the mothership) where I picked up some moisturizer and Melissa's drooled over the shoes and purses. We had thought about going to Barney's but Melissa thought it would be better to not go as she didn't want to be depressed at all the things she couldn't afford. John was a good sport and tagged along quietly. Melissa is amazing. She had only been to the spa on Saturday but she headed to the stores like she had been downtown numerous times. The girl does like her retail.

We decided to head to the cute little shopping center in Snoqualmie to get dinner and decided on the Irish Pub. All three of us had a good meal. A nice ending to a full day.