Seattle Washington

Wednesday June 13th: Today we drove into Seattle to see the city, the bay, and the Space Needle of course. Our first surprise was to discover that Seattle was built down the side of a pretty steep hillside, one that could rival some of San Francisco's best in my opinion. We got off of I-5 at Seneca St and pointed the nose of the truck down, down, and still more down hill until we finally got to Alaska Way along the harbor. This road is directly under WA-99, an elevated highway. Once there we drove through the parking area for about five blocks until a young homeless man, directing cars into parking spaces that were right in front of them, pointed us into an empty space. I gave him a couple of dollars - "for the shelter tonight". Stopped for lunch at the harbor and ate the house Northwest Fish Chowder and Fish and Chips. The table overlooked the harbor and we watched a fireboat tied up and a large ferry dock and unload. We then walked down Alaska Way until we came to the right street to go uphill toward the scenic downtown shopping area. Walked on over to the Space Needle and went on up to the 580 foot level where the view was awsome. Here is one shot that we took overlooking the Seattle city center and with the Mountains and Mt. Ranier off in the background.