Day in Seattle, WA

Space Needle on a sunny day

On our way back from the North Cascades, we decided to spend the day in Seattle. We started by walking through Seattle Center, which is the area where Seattle's most iconic tourist destinations are. We ended up taking a "duck tour" of the city, on a vehicle that can drive and turn into a boat while in the water. As our very comedic guide drove us through the city, we learned it's history. It was built in the 1850s as a cowboy town, but in 1889, it was destroyed by a fire. Decades later, the 1962 World's Fair was hosted there. It was there that they built the space needle and the city's monorail. After the land tour was the water tour, where our guide drove us through Union Lake. We passed by several house boats and kayaks, and saw the grand skyline of Seattle from the water. After the tour, we ate burgers and then walked down the waterfront to Pike Place Market. There, we saw the famous seafood shop and the original Starbucks. According to our guide, there are over 130 Starbucks in Seattle. The day would not have been completed without our climb up the space needle. From the top, we could see the skyline, the Olympic Mountains, Mt. Rainier and the Cascades, and the Pudget Sound. We closed up by a three-hour drive south to Newberg. 

View southeast from the top
of the needle

Pudget Sound

Original Starbucks

In the Pike Market