Seattle - Day 4

As you saw below, we started Monday with a diner breakfast in Pioneer Square and then did some shopping while we waited for our Underground Tour at noon. Whitney and Hannah weren't too excited when they talked about rats, spiders, and dirt, but it ended up being very fun. I got sucked in from our tour guide, Jo, and bought one of Speidel's books. Funny how the book was $8 something and a little picture of us taken in the underground was $17. Supply and demand I suppose.

We walked to the famous Pike Place Market where we watched the fish being tossed and purchased coffee from the original Starbuck's restaurant. I love the original logo with the boobies hanging out. Cracks me up. It is amazing how busy the market is, even on a Monday afternoon. We were glad that we avoided it over the weekend.

The Freaky Fremont was a quick drive by on our Saturday trip but we decided to check it out for a late lunch. The tour driver said it wasn't worth spending time there so of course we went back. Essentially it was to see the Troll, but the town has called itself, "The Center of the Universe." Check out the link - they have a statue of Lenin, the Fremont Troll, and several other oddities. We went into a few shops and walked around. It isn't very large and it looks like it would be alot of fun at night. Unfortunately most of the restaurants weren't open until dinner or were closed completely on Monday. We settled on Mad Pizza where we each had a few decent slices of pie.

Whitney wanted to go back to the Ballard Locks so we randomly drove along the lake until we found them. On our other tour we had entered from the Magnolia side. There was a huge park and visitor center on the Ballard side. We were fascinated once again by watching the boats go. Afterwards, we drove across the bridge and casually drove around Magnolia and Queen Anne. If we lived in Seattle, these would be likely contenders as we loved both neighborhoods. Tons of mid century modern homes and homes with fantastic views.

We finished the evening back at Pacific Place where the girls wanted to shop on their own so we strolled across the street to Von's. After they were done, we all went to Gameworks where Whitney and Hannah played and we had a couple of beers. At 10 PM it became 18/up so we had to roll out. Whitney didn't want us in the room so they could chat. I think she really likes having an older friend to hang out with. Timmy and I complied and sat at the W bar. Of course we met some queens and had a good old time blabbing away for a few hours.