A Visit to the Space Needle

On January 2, 2010, Theo and I visited Pike Place Market, rode a monorail, visited the Space Needle, and went to the "beaches of West Seattle" to get some great skyline photos.  I'll be working on pages to showcase West Seattle soon.

Pike Place was cool.  I've heard of it because when I worked at Gonzales Middle we had the "Fish Philosophy" based from the fish market in Pike Place.  They were fun to watch.  The photo on the bottom left is of them throwing fish.  The square photo is us with the "lucky" golden pig at the entrance of the market.  The market had a lot of produce (pictured are some oranges with a FAKE lizard on them), dried flowers, fresh flowers, food vendors, and craft vendors.  We actually bought 2 panoramic photos of the Seattle skyline from one photographer.  They're beautiful...although, 2 years later, I still haven't gotten them framed!


From Pike Place Market, we rode the monorail to the Space Needle. This was our last day and we still didn't get to see the view from the top! We waited because it was overcast ever other day and we were told to wait for a day that it was more clear. We were going today; clear or not! Thank God it was a clear day. Not perfect for viewing I'm told, but good.

The tan page with the silver frame shows us riding the monorail to the Space Needle.  And here I thought only Disney World had a momorail.  I will tell you, I wish we had a monorail running from my house to CMS where I work.  Oh, the extra sleep I could get!

The Space Needle was so spectacular!  We saw it through the trip and semi-closeup during the firework show.  However, until I got right next to it, I didn't completley appreciate it.  It might be the coolest structure I've ever seen!

The views from the top were gorgeous.  I wish I had greater photography skills so I could do it justice!  Simply phenomenal!

Be watching for my pages from West Seattle.  These will be the last pages from our Seattle trip.  I haven't shared EVERY page I make.  I wish I could!

Enjoy,