On Saturday, August 20th, we left for Seattle, Washington for a few days. Traffic was not bad on I-5 until we got to Tacoma and on north of that, going into Seattle. You can see that our approach to Seattle was a very slow and tiring process!! By time we checked in at the motel, Gary was quite tired from the traffic, but it was only 1:30. So we decided to leave on foot and walk to the Wharf to check it out and to stretch our legs.
It was a very nice walk until we got to the last three blocks going down hill. A little slow going until we walked along Alaskan Way. There we could sight see to our heart's content. Knowing that we were going to take a tour on the Hop-on Hop-off Double Decker bus the next day, we didn't spend much time stopping in shops. We just thought we would get the lay of the land.
We were not far from the Space Needle that was built for the 1962 World's Fair and saw the Monorail go through on a regular basis. It also was built for the World's Fair to accommodate all of the extra traffic in the city.
There are two Cruise ships daily that come into Puget Sound, docking at the Seattle waterfront. The Norwegian was in port but we were too close and it too big for us to get the entire length of the ship in one picture. And still you do not see the front of the ship. . . . Some day we will take a Cruise!!??
We see occasional boats in the Sound including the Police, Ferries, and barges with Tugs.
These are views of the city from the Wharf. Notice the Space Needle in the left picture.
Watching the people, especially the mode of dress on the young, was amusing. I did sit at a table while waiting for our bus on Sunday, and took pictures resting the camera on the table and my fingers. But my timing was not very good for the most interesting ones.
It is time that we head back up hill to return to the motel and find something to eat. This walk was most interesting also, in that it was so steep for at least three blocks that I was in doubt that I would ever make it!! It makes me wonder what San Francisco must be like!!
The street people were interesting. I really wondered what kind of people would leave this fellow to sit along the street. There is no way that he could have gotten there on his own!!
Now the lady was a little different. She just looked to be resting while out for a stroll, leaning back against the wall. She really was pretty well dressed, but when we walked past she was not understandable. And she was not speaking a different language!! She really was quite out of it.
Now on to the wall murals. One was in the process of being painted.
Finally back at the motel, we were quite content to sit back and relax. So we ended up ordering in from Pizza Hut, because the phone number was quite handy in our room. Our objective here is to see the sights, we can eat special any where!! Just give us a foot rest!!
As a postscript, I wanted to show you this electric charger that we saw in Portland a couple weeks ago while out walking near the Willamette River. I wonder when we will have more of these along the streets with the rising gas prices.
Stay with us and see what Day Two has to offer.
