Afternoon In Seattle
Saturday, we spent the afternoon in Seattle. After getting off the ferry, we followed 1st Ave to Pike Place Market. We spent a couple of hours checking out many of the booths and shops around the market. We made sure to stop at the Pike Place Fish Market, one of the market’s major attractions, to watch them throw the fish.
There were many street performers singing, playing guitars, or even banging on street drums. They kept the market filled with music.
We then walked up to Westlake Center and took the monorail to the Seattle Center. Here, we went to the butterfly house at the Pacific Science Center. Pretty cool! They had a couple dozen different species of butterflies and many tropical plants I have never seen before in a sealed room. The humidity inside is maintained at around 70% while the temperature is about 80F (27C). We had to be briefed before entering and inspected for butterflies before we left. The butterflies fly all around and will even land on you. I had one land right on my camera. You have to be very careful not to step on any of them as you walk around.
Giant Pumpkin Patch At The Farm
After finishing the enormous corn maze at The Farm last weekend in Snohomish, we headed for the pumpkin patch. The main patch was near all the major activities and was also very crowed. So I asked around and found a huge patch behind the maze full of pumpkins and hardly any people. We spent quite awhile out there searching for the perfect pumpkins to take home. I wanted to get a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. We ended up with a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins and paid just over $20! Be sure to bring a pocket knife, because the pumpkins are still on the vine!
Passed Out
Get In My Belly
We took a ferry from Kingston to Edmonds, Washington in order to get to The Farm. It’s just north of Everett in Snohomish. We wanted to go there and check out their corn maze and pumpkin patch. The fog was thick on the ride over. I wandered around on the deck outside and found a guy feeding the gulls.
Fine Cigar
The Commanding Officer of the USS Ohio (SSGN 726) enjoys a fine cigar on the sail before getting the submarine underway. The Blue Crew left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for the Pacific early this morning.
