Travels Up the West Coast: July 1997

Day One: July 7th...Monday... Day Two: July 8th...Tuesday... Day Three: July 9th...Wednesday...
Day Four: July 10th...Thursday... Day Five: July 11th...Friday... Day Six: July 12th...Saturday...
Day Seven: July 13th...Sunday... Day Eight: July 14th...Monday and Day Nine: July 15th...Tuesday...
Day Ten: July 16th...Wednesday and The End...?

Travels Up the West Coast: July 1997
Day Seven

Day Seven: July 13th, 1997...Sunday

The Famous Spaceneedle


We were invited for an early dinner at my aunt and uncle's house in Bellevue (so I would have a chance to see my cousin Steven), so my grandmother, Marcus and I decided we needed to see more of downtown Seattle that day before dinner...Here's the Spaceneedle...what trip to Seattle is complete without seeing that?...

Britta at the Spaceneedle


You can see some of the view behind me...This is at the observation deck of the Spaceneedle...

View of Seattle from the Spaceneedle


Marcus got the better picture of the view due to his better camera, but he still didn't get Mount Rainier...

Seattle with Mt Rainier


...but I could zoom with the videocamera, so I got it! You can just barely make out the ghostly mountaintop over to the right, but if you click on the picture, you'll see a closer image...This was the only day we ever saw Mount Rainier, and it's usually everywhere you look (when there aren't clouds everywhere instead)...

Marcus and Grandma at the Spaceneedle


Marcus and my grandmother engrossed in the view...I think my grandmother was still pointing out where buildings were that she and my grandfather used to own, but the city condemned them to make room for the Spaceneedle and the World's Fair in 1962...

Monorail ticket


The Seattle Monorail, also still left from the World's Fair, runs every fifteen minutes to downtown and back, so we decided to save ourselves the walk and/or new parking fee...

the Monorail


I guess it's like most monorails, in that since it only has one track, it runs both directions with a nose at each end...

Seattle Waterfront


Here's a view of some of downtown Seattle from the waterfront...I think I was having too much fun with the videocamera, since this was the reaction I got when I asked my grandmother and Marcus to wave...

Pikes Place Market


I think everyone takes this picture, and I know that Dave Taubler's parents have it up on their wall by their kitchen!...

Caution - Low Flying Fish


One of the things this open market it famous for is the fresh fish and how the workers throw them to each other. This place has this logo on the back of their t-shirts, and we saw them throw a HUGE fish across to the counter!...

Snoqualmie Falls


After dinner my aunt drove us over to Snoqualmie and the waterfalls there...Do you recognize this picture at all? David Lynch fans should know, but others can click on the picture to find out why it might be familiar...

Marcus & Britta at Snoqualmie Falls


Ah, but you see, this proves we were really there, instead of me just pretending somehow!...

Sunset on I-90


On the way back, the sun and the clouds were making a beautiful sunset, so I ran down the battery on the videocamera taking pictures of clouds...but you can just barely see the I-90 road sign at the bottom...

More nifty clouds


Yes, I know, more clouds, but I still think they were really pretty!...

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