Seattle

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Wednesday afternoon in Seattle: beautiful, crystal-clear...
How cool is it to just have this gigantic mountain...
This is pretty obviously a volcanic mountain. Also,...
A sign on a waterfront pier.
Another sign. No lighting fires or camping!
Looking at some of the buildings of the city from the waterfront.
The Smith Tower. Particularly interesting because of...
As Josh explained, Seattle is very big on water...
Jay looks towards Edmonds, WA, as we pull in to the dock.
A seagull and a cormorant on the ferry pier.
Look closely to see the two groups of scuba divers (one...
The local climbing gym in Edmonds, WA, which has an...
Catherine, trying not to be sick at the spillway at the...
Ignore the blur to see the hummingbird!
Jay and I visited the Chittenden Locks in the Ballard...
Looking down into the big lock, at the seagulls. ...
Now take a good look again. The picture above was taken...
The small lock (30x150 ft), in use.
Looking out into the sound (west).
Looking east into Salmon Bay. The panels on the left...
Water is lower.
And even lower.
To the side of the locks is a dam with a spillway. Dams...
Weird drawbridge (I assume)-like structure in the sound.
Scary scary amounts of water pouring through the...
Water churning beyond the spillway.
Sadly, we did not see any sea lions or seals. Wrong...
A big ship in Salmon Bay. Amazingly, that boat went...
The small lock ready to accept boats from the Sound. ...
We also checked out the fish ladder, which was...
The viewing room for the fish ladder. Theoretically,...
Fish ladder viewing area.
Jay watches a ship come through the lock as the skies...
The Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder.
I seem to see ASCE Historic Landmark signs everywhere I...
Looking down at the Sound side of the locks from a...
The big (closed) lock is on the left.
Crazy big truss bridge on I-5 near the University of...
Sunday night ended with a (short) microbrewery pub crawl...
Up next was the Elysian Brewing Company restaurant/bar...
This beer was delicious. I have often heard of pumpkin...
Sarah, Bob, and Lucie, waiting on the boat to take us to...
Catherine, Bob, and Lucie. It was very, very sunny!!
Boats in Lake Washington
Coming in to Husky Harbor, right next to the stadium.
This was our boat across the lake. It would stay here...
The Fan Zone at the stadium.
Looking at the field from our seats. Not too shabby!!!
Sarah, Lucie, and the friend who Bob has had seats with...
It was 9/10, so there was a lot of America-themed...
Sitting on the boat on the way back to Kirkland.
On the way back, with the stadium behind me.
The local police boat, complete with triple 350 motors,...
James Bond's car! This was the one actually used in one...
The car was in town for the Kirkland Concours...
Sunset viewed across the lake from Bob and Lucie's. ...
More sunset, more fire.
Forest fires are no good, but the sunset sure was beautiful.
Looking towards Seattle from the Fjeldstad's balcony. ...
Eleanor and Catherine at Laredo's in Seattle. The...
Unfortunately, UT lost and we didn't have tickets to the...
Most of our beers overlapped... I'm trying The Horror,...
Details of these beers...
More details...
This one was flat-out gross. It tasted like flowers,...
More details. The two very dark beers (this one and The...
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Now, next to my list of beers is a pint of what I...
... fortunately, this face does not describe my feeling...
See! Happy! On the left is Stephen Pool, a UT grad from...
Happy!
Hey Jay! Look! Taco Tuesdays!!
Stephen and Eleanor with the Olympics in the background....
Looking towards downtown from Eleanor's apartment. ...
Sunday AM, we went to Mecca Cafe for breakfast, and not...
Flying out of Seattle, looking at the Olympic Mountains...
Big ol' salmon waiting to be bought at the Pike Place...
Uh oh. Someone is guarding the beans.
Apple-anache. Love it.
I thought this was a neat poster for the South Lake...
It was beautiful in Seattle - sunny and in the high 60s...
Flying back into Seattle.
Another shot of the sunset.
Cool window art at the Seattle airport. Of course, as I...
Looking towards Moloka'i from the beach in front of Bob...
Footprints being eaten by the waves.
Lahaina Yacht Club sign.