Seattle By Day

Alki Beach. We had met a tourist in Sedona that was from Seattle and she said that we just had to go to Alki beach for beach glass. So of course we did.

Although from the desert, we figured out low tide would be best for searching for lost treasures! What we didn't expect was to walk on slimy, wet stuff! Little crabs were everywhere. Crustacean loving Sherry was quite pleased. She is adventerous though so it didn't stop her. We walked along the water. The weather was in the 70's with full sun. Locals were there to relax, some to play fetch with their dogs. One Labradour was funny..he would pick up the frisbee, toss it into the water with his mouth and try to get it as it bobbed around. Once he got it he would repeat the whole thing again. We are easily entertained.

Another example of easy entertainment. Tell Katie & Sherry that there is beach glass on the beach and they will be occupied for hours. So for two hours we were occupied. The funny thing here is that the beach glass is glass from old garbage that has been tossed around and etched by the water and sand...so is this glorified dumpster diving?

Across the street from Alki Beach is all kinds of eclectic food places. This one was called the Chupacabra and had cool murals on the walls. Definitely a cool beachy vibe. We ate the 3 corn tortillas plate with the meat done Al Pastor style...pork marinated with onions and pineapple...it was really good!

We next went to Chihuly Museum of Glass...WOW!

More WOW! Botanical Gardens in Phoenix has done a Chihuly garden exhibit each year and it is beautiful to see but this was truly a spectacular display of glass art. Chihuly is world renowned for his artistic expressions through glass.

And one more WOW!

You get a better deal on tickets if you buy a Space Needle ticket along with your Chihuly ticket. Both are located in the Seattle Center area. An interesting place to hang out and people watch. There is also a science museum there and a park.

Note the grip on the railing. I was terrified to go up on this thing but I tried to pretend I was fine...Sherry may still have bruises on her arm from where I gripped it on the ride up! Going up really messes with my mind...roller coasters, ski lifts and space needles...but coming down is amazing! Anyways, really breathtaking views from here. You can also opt to have a meal at the rotating restaurant....

70 some bolts, 32 feet long are holding the Space Needle in the ground. An earthquake in 2000 did no damage to the Space Needle so it seems it was built right.

We finished the day with dinner at a great restaurant called Lombardis. It is in Everett. It is on the water. Sherry loved her home made ravioli dish and I loved my salmon...together we loved their limoncello drenched version of tiramusu! The Italian Drop martinis were also very good;)


Final Thoughts of the Day: Different vibe being in the city today. We started at the water and loved walking on the beach, we enjoyed the eclectic vibe of downtown Seattle and its food, we experienced a wee bit of the amazing art here.  We, as in I, faced a fear and then gladly unfaced the fear and then ended our day at the water with great food. Sherry's face says it all-it was a great day in Seattle.