A Few Scenes Of Seattle

We went to the waterfront of Seattle, first off, to get some chowder. After we were done, we made a quick trip through Pike Place Market.

The place was just so busy.

The big thing, for me, was passing a fish monger's stand called Pike Place Fish. Two men were tossing a fish back and forth, between them. The fish (I have no idea what fish it was, but it was probably salmon) was HUGE! Click the link, to see some fish flying through the air.

We were being led to the waterfront by my son and so we then immediately went down a flight of stairs to something called "The Gum Wall". All sorts of designs with gum as the medium.

Down to the water we went, for our cruise of Elliott Bay, via Argosy Cruises.

Ours was a 1 hour tour (we figured how much trouble could we get on a 1 hour tour, right)?

The boat was already pretty packed when we got on it, so we ended up sitting inside, which had a working bar that served craft beer and snacks. We had just eaten, so we passed on this.

It took us past the Space Needle, the waterfront, downtown skyline, cruise ship piers, the ferry piers, the docks where they load and unload the container ships. It was all explained to us and definitely made the time go fast.

This last photo was taken in the Chihuly glass house.

I loved the fact that you had the glass sculpture within the glass house and yet, you were feet from The Space Needle.

From what I learned, this was the exact reason the exhibit was placed where it it.

This sculpture, seems to be the biggest one he has in his indoor exhibits.

It would not surprise me if it is the biggest one of the outside ones, too.

More on Chihuly, tomorrow.