Seeing Seattle

As close as we live to Seattle we haven't spent a lot of time there as a family.  We have gone for different events but never really planned a day of just wandering around seeing the sites.  One of my summer bucket list items that we never found time for was to ride the Great Wheel down on the waterfront.  Summer came and went so quickly that we never found a perfect sunny summer day to make it down so instead took advantage of a fall Sunday afternoon that wasn't too rainy.  We toured around Pike Place, sampling foods and checking out the different shops and booths.  The kid found so many interesting things to look at in just the small part of the market that we explored.

We ran into this big guy in the lower levels of the market and he didn't seem to mind holding up the kids for a while.  

Our next adventure was riding this pig by the flying fish booth.  We didn't see any fish flying so it's gone on our bucket list for our next visit downtown.

Jailbirds escaping up a locked staircase after enjoying some delicious hum-bows.  The grown ups favorite part of every visit to Pike Place.  The kids liked the doughnut booth the best.

Trying to get a good picture with the sign, another thing to add to our list to try again!

On the great wheel finally, McKenzie grew very impatient about getting to ride the Ferris wheel after she caught a glimpse of it when we were parking our car.  She couldn't wait to take a ride.  Ben was very excited as well until it started moving and then he wanted to sit very close to me and put his hand in my pocket because he was scared.  He has always had a minor fear of heights if he can see holes in the ground or floor under him.  The cars on the great wheel were mainly glass with a few areas of solid surfaces to keep everything together and that was a bit much for Ben.  He calmed down after our first trip around but he was definitely ready to get out.  McKenzie loved it and would have ridden all night - the lights of the city were beautiful and the wheel itself was lit up so it was a very pretty ride.

The rain held off until we were just exiting the wheel and then it really started coming down as we ran to our car.  I captured one last shot of the wheel shining through the rain before we left.  

Looking forward to our next Seattle adventure soon.