Seeing Seattle

We just got back from 4 days in Seattle. We left on Thursday and arrived to a bit of rain, but the rest of the weekend was great! 65-70 degrees and no clouds. We could see Mt. Rainer from right outside our hotel window.


One night we went to a resturant. You can see Jacob sitting in a high chair (no bath towels with us on the trip).

Happy with Jason...

...happy until the food arrived for mom and dad. Once the food was on the table he didn't want to sit in the chair, on our laps, didn't want to look out the window at the Sound, but he was willing to put his tired head on my shoulder, as long as I was standing, and rest. So that is how I ate my dinner. I'm sure it looked strange, but at least our fellow diners could eat in peace.


Friday we spent a lot of time driving. We wanted to go down to see Mt. St. Helens. It is quite something...you can still see the effects on the land after 28 years! We drove out to Johnson's Ridge, which is about 2.5 hours from Seattle, went to the visitor's center and then hiked up to the view point.

We tried to drive out to the Columbia River that day also, but it wasn't easy to find and Jacob was done with driving.

Saturday we went into Seattle, went to Pikes Market. They have the most beautiful flowers there! I could have fresh flowers every week for $4 a bunch. We wandered through the market...















...went to the water front...














...then walked through the neighborhood to the Space Needle. It is an amazing structure.
It was a beautiful day so we wandered around the Needle where they have a carnival.....leaves were turning....if Seattle was like that, year round, I could live there.















A view from the observation deck at the Needle.





At the end of the day Jacob was still a happy camper. I took this shot because his pants were so high on his waist, they looked like little old man pants.