Seattle

Aug. 14th, only 6 days after being home from Pigeon Forge, we left for Seattle. Kody had a conference there and I decided to tag along. We got there on a Wednesday and Kody's conference was all day on Thursday. So I just stayed in the hotel room all day and watched tv, read, and played on the internet. It was a very relaxing day! That evening, his conference hosted a dinner at this restaurant on a marina. The food was wonderful and FREE and the views were beautiful!

A beautiful view of Mt. Rainier

Since his conference was only one day long, we decided to stay a few days longer and do some sightseeing. The next day we went on a whale watching cruise. We rode a boat for 4 hours to Friday Harbor which was on the San Juan Islands. Once we got there, we stayed on the boat to go whale watching. We looked for 2 hours and didn't see a one! We were soooo disappointed!! The views were beautiful though and we did see some bald Eagles and dolphins. We then came back to Friday Harbor and ate lunch and walked around the town for a couple of hours. Then, we had a long 4 hour boat ride back to Seattle. It made for a long day and would have been worth it if we would have seen whales! Oh well!

Our last day there we decided to do some shopping and walk around the beautiful city of Seattle. They have a neat public market called Pike's Peak which has vendors selling fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and other things. It is also the home to the original Starbucks! It was very crowded, but a neat place to visit!

That evening we decided that we couldn't go to Seattle without visiting the Space Needle!

We had a great trip and really enjoyed the cooler temperatures.