Monday, July 30, 2018

2018-07-14 Washington State Trip - Day 8

Jack and Amy's Trip to Washington State
Day 8 - Saturday, July 14th, 2018
Cap Sante Park Sunrise, Downtown Seattle, Pike Place Market,
Seattle Monorail, Seattle Center, Chihuly Glass Museum,
Pacific Science Center, Space Needle, Seattle Museum of Pop Art,
Discovery Park, West Point Lighthouse

Jack and Amy do the Tourist thing in Seattle Washington


For our last morning in Anacortes, I made one last trip to Cap Sante Park to capture the sunrise!

Sunrise from Cap Sante Park

 Sunrise from Cap Sante Park


Since this was a work trip for Amy, I had all week to do the things that I like to do.  So for our last day in Washington, I let Amy choose what she wanted to do.  So we decided to spend the day in downtown Seattle.

We started out at Pike Place Market.

Amy at Pike Place Market

From there we took the Monorail down to the Seattle Center which is the location of the 1962 Worlds Fair.

The Seattle Monorail

Amy on the Monorail

Amy has a fascination with Chihuly Glass, so we visited the Chihuly Glass Museum and Gardens.

The Chihuly Glass Gardens


 The Seattle Space Needle viewed from the Chihuly Glass Gardens

 Inside the Chihuly Glass Museum

 Amy at the Chihuly Glass Museum


We also visited the Pacific Science Center where took in a 3D IMAX movie.

 Getting Blown at the Pacific Science Center

 Inside the Pacific Science Center Butterfly House

This is the 3D IMAX movie we saw


 And we just couldn't visit Seattle and not go up to the top of the Space Needle!

Jack and Amy Space Needle Selfie

 Me inside the Space Needle Observation Deck

View from the Space Needle


It was a crystal clear day which supposedly is quite rare for Seattle, so I believe all 5 million people living in the Seattle Metropolitan area decided to head outside and swarm the city!

 Waiting for the Monorail to arrive

Since neither of us likes crowds, we had seen enough of downtown Seattle after our trip up the Space Needle!  Since we still had some time to kill, we decided to check out a couple of local parks including Discovery Park which on a clear day offers up some fantastic views of Mount Rainer.

view of Mount Rainier from Discovery Park

 view of Mount Rainier from Discovery Park

Discovery Park also contains the scenic West Point Lighthouse.

 The West Point Lighthouse at Discovery Park

Eventually we made it to the SeaTac airport where we witnessed one last Washington Sunset before heading home on the Red Eye!

 Sunset from the SeaTac Airport

We had an awesome week in Washington State!

My complete set of photos from our final day in Washington is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157671749571278

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