Our exploration day in Seattle. For anyone who doesn’t know, Jeff loves all forms of mass transit, and loves the challenge of navigating through a big city. So today we drove to the end of a light commuter rail line, then took it in to the cityt to see Pike’s Place Public Market and the Gum Wall, then took the monorail to the Space Needle. We did a lot of walking and loved the Space Needle and The Market. And the Gum Wall was….disgusting yet intriguing? Carson, the birthday boy, thought the wall was hilarious so we had to take some photos there and also gave him some time to play in the huge fountain. A fun day!!
Carson got to choose to create his own big bag of candy as a birthday treat. In the end, we all got at least a small bag of candy for snacks when we go back on the road. 
These are the guys behind the “FISH” philosophy (you choose your attitude and can have fun even if things are stinky). 
Lots of veggie stands too 
Many many flower stands with beautiful bright flowers. I could have stayed for hours just to take pictures! 
The gum wall. Carson thought this pose was hilarious. Though he got a little too close for comfort! 
Riding the monorail 
They had a massive playground with some very unique rope structures and a really long slide. 
No filter on this at all. We were standing under an awning while we waited to go into the Space Needle. I love how this turned out! 
At the top of the Space Needle. 
Once we were done looking around on the top floor, we took thee steps down a floor where There is a rotating glass floor. Very cool! 
All around the base of the Space Needle, there are cool sculptures. This one looked really cool contrasting with the blue sky. It also looked cool from the top of the Needle too. 
To get to the top, you have to take 30 second elevator ride. 
We saw a very large fountain as we walked around after our tour. Carson went over to it to get his feet wet. Miraculously he managed not to get entirely wet, which was good because we had at least an hour travel over multiple modes of transportation, plus there was no more clean clothes for him back at the hotel. 
The light rail train. We were only on it for a couple stops, but then we didn’t have to deal with parking in the city. 
Candy store binge!! So many choices! 
See the fish that is over the side? It is fake. The workers make it flap around and scare tourists who are leaning in to get pictures of frozen fish faces. Um….it works! I jumped a mile. 
Stalls (and hordes of people) at Pike’s Market. 
At Pike’s Market. Many different kinds of sausage meats. 
The monorail. Just like the Space Needle, this was built for the World’s Fair in the 1960’s. 
View from the Space Neede 
The glass part of the floor rotates, while the carpet part does not. It used to be the first rotating restaurant ever made. Now they just have a little food stall at the top floor. 
View from the Space Neede 
Tickets for all the things we did today.
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