Day Six-nine
Seattle, WA to Bellingham, WA
August 16th, 2000
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High Point of the Day....
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Low Point of the Day......
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Brian- Seattle & seeing Chris
Theresa- Pike Street Market in Seattle
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Nope
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Miles Traveled Today
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Total Miles Traveled
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Miles Theresa Drove
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Weather
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100
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17583
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0
(4772 total)
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sunny, low eighties
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Price of Gas
(average per gallon)
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Wildlife
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Night's Lodging
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Where this Page was Uploaded
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no fillup
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parakeets on a dashboard, fish at Pike's Place
Market
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Chris & Susan's
Bellingham, WA
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Blue Spruce Campground
Prince George, BC
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Daily Narrative
The day began at Mike and Glenda's just outside of Seattle. Brian
is pleased to note that their recently finished remodel has finally
formalized
his room, bath and separate entrance. After seeing Mike, Glenda,
Adam and Amanda off to work, appointments and summer camp, Brian and
Theresa
headed into Seattle for a day of touristing. After securing some
awefully spendy parking on Seattle's waterfront, we walked and shopped
through Pike's Place Market, hit a cafe for some brunch and headed for
the Seattle Art Museum. After a pleasant look at the museum's
collection,
we headed back to the waterfront and got our new car out of hock.
Next we were off to the collosal new REI we had spied from the
freeway.
After poking around REI, we headed off by foot to the new Experience
Music
Project, a big music museum type thing built by Microsoft's co-founder
Paul Allen. The EMP is definitelly an experience, and not a cheap
one at $20 a piece. After paying admittance you are outfitted
with
a large CD device with a shoulder strap and a remote Palm Pilot type
controller.
As you wander around you aim your Palm Pilot at exhibits and it
wirelessly
takes a cue and starts the appropriate audio program on your CD
device.
Very complicated, pretty cool, very crowded. There are long lines
for the popular exhibits, the Jimi Hendrix Gallery and the Jam
Studio.
The "Funk Blast" is a must. After returning to REI and our
vehicle,
we extracted ourselves from Seattle and headed north to Bellingham to
the home of another pal, Mike's brother Chris.
Daily Pictures
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The Beetle parked out front of Mike and Glenda's very
cute abode
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Some very cute children to go with the cute house, Amanda
and Adam
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Our gracious hosts Mike and Glenda
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Adam is a little camera shy
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Amanda is all about the camera
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Mike displays his Billy Bass with reserved pride
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Brian taking a break on some very cool mosaics
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Downtown Seattle
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Theresa was very excited to visit the Public Market
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A large moving sculpture outside the Seattle Museum of
Art
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The climbing wall at the new REI
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The Space Needle
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The EMP, designed by award winning architect Frank
Gherry, or so says Theresa
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His dynamic style of architecture usually involves
smooth, wavey surfaces
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The monorail track at the EMP
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One more cool picture of the EMP
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The sun setting on Seattle
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