Seattle

Yay! Jose and Ili are here for Ili's spring break. They will be here all week long. They arrived last night, but since they were tired from their flight, we didn't do anything. However, today we went all over Seattle. Ok, maybe not all over, but it sure felt like it.

The first thing we did, was go to the Space Needle. The weather was cloudy and rainy and I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth paying $15 per person only to see clouds. But, we got lucky and actually had a pretty decent view of the city and the Puget Sound. In the picture above, you can see part of Elliot Bay and in the distance the rainy clouds. After some minutes, it got really, really windy and the clouds and rain moved in.

After getting tired of hanging out in the clouds, we took the monorail from the Space Needle to downtown. The rain was starting to pick up a bit, so we quickly walked over to Pike's Market. After having lunch at Beechers Hand Made Cheese across from the market, we walked around and looked at the shops. I took this picture in Post Alley during an unexpected moment of sun.

After getting done with Pike's Market, we went to Discovery Park and walked to the beech and went to see the light house. By the light house, we found a Harbor Seal that was all by itself. It was somewhat hard to spot at first, but we were able to distinguish it from the rocks after a while.