Seattle - Day 2!

Sunday, February 14, 2010
Yesterday was our second day here in Seattle, and we had another fun day. First up was a ferry ride to Seattle.

 

I love riding the ferry. That's one thing I do miss from the Navy - watching the water as you glide by. Not that the Seattle - Bainbridge ferry is in any way comparable to crossing the Pacific ocean, but I still enjoyed it.

Next was a quick trip to Nordstrom's to pick up Jeri and Tania who had come in on an earlier ferry to do some girly shopping. On the way there, I received a text from Jeri that the Jeebus demonstrators were out on the corner in front of one of the major intersections. After informing her that we would follow the odor of the Rapture to her location via text, we set off from the ferry terminal to find them. I told Nathan that I would give him $20.00 if he told the demonstrators that he was a Jew and killed Jesus, but when we got there, there were only a few of them and it really wasn't worth it.

After a quick lunch at a local deli (where I had Snickerdoodles for lunch - a healthy eater, that's me), we headed over to the Seattle Center for a trip up the Space Needle. 


 
As you can see, it was raining. Again. Still. Welcome to Seattle! 

Then we went over to the Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum. The EMP had some very cool exhibits, including a sculpture made of guitars, a Jimi Hendrix exhibit, and a cool series on the history of music in Seattle.

The SF Museum had some interesting pieces of history, and also had a neat exhibit on blown glass. I took this picture before I realized they didn't allow flash photography.

 

After the museums, we were off to Elliott's for a fabulous dinner of seafood, fun and friendship. For the UCFers out there, the strangers are friends of Jeri's and Tania's from Alaska, who were as funny and nice as you'd expect friends of theirs to be. The Smart Man's identity has been hidden to protect the innocent.


All in all, a perfectly lovely day, with plenty of running up and down hills and interesting sights. Today will be more laid back, so there will be more chances for visiting and such.Wish the rest of the UCF was here, and full photo album can be found here for those on Facebook.

4 comments:

mattw said...

So freaking jealous right now.

Tania said...

More evidence that I fluoresce under flash photography!

neurondoc said...

Jealous too. And I was wondering who the strangers were.

That picture of Smart Man is exactly how he looked when we met up in MD. :-)

Anne C. said...

[grump] Jealous Jealous!