Today was spent 'sploring in Seattle again.
We went to the Seattle Aquarium and saw starfish bigger than dinner plates, sea otters, lots of fish and an octopus longer than Rachel is tall! Lots of touch pools allowed us to feel the different sea animals and the COLD water. Ryan was pretty good at calling out the names of different animals -- so much so that one of the volunteers asked him where his blue volunteer t-shirt was!
The kids got to "surf" on the back of a killer whale and listen to the whale songs. We saw a couple of sharks feeding (remote feeds to monitors - way cool!) as well as a diver in the 20ft tall glass tank. We were able to identify halibut as well.....so now we know what they look like as well as how they taste!
After seeing all the sea life, we went on an Argosy Harbour Tour. Just before we left port we saw a sea gull trying to eat a red star fish....was kind of like, "now you see it, now you don't", and then, "why do you have such a lump in your throat?" While on the harbour tour we saw two really huge cruise ships - one in port and one just left port - that carried almost a thousand passengers each. Man, did those big ships make our boat feel tiny! We also got a good view of the Space Needle and an ocean-going container ship that could carry what seemed to be a thousand containers!
We strolled down Alaskan Way (street that runs along the piers) and made our way to Pike Place Market. This is where the fish mongers have been known to throw fish through the air and where you can get fresh produce and flowers directly from the growers. We bought some local cherries, grapes, pears and a peach and had our very own fruit snacks! No trip would be complete without some sort of chocolates, so we stopped and got a pecan caramel apple and enjoyed that back at the hotel as well.
We returned to the Space Needle after dark to see how Seattle looks all lit up....and she is a beautiful city in the lights.
Monday we are heading to Vancouver, British Columbia to explore.....
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