Thanks to the time difference working in our favor, we're up and out of the room early. The stalls at Pike Place Market are still unpopulated, but there is a line outside the Original Starbucks.
Cynthia stood in line to get the coffee, but the OG Starbucks sells only coffee (and souvenirs). Fortunately there was a very good pastry shop just a few feet away, so breakfast was accomplished.
A five block walk and we were at the Monorail from Westlake Center to Seattle Center -- home of the 1962 Worlds Fair
The most famous building from that Fair is the Space Needle, so up we went.
Here's a 20 foot replica of the Space Needle, done in Lego That'd be fun to do in the dining room.
Once on top, view were forever, thanks to the beautiful weather. On this view towards downtown you can even make out Mt. Rainier, just barely through the haze.
Lots of islands in the greater Seattle area, serviced by ferries.
Lake Union, our next stop.
A subject of great discussion, these spiders are actually painted on the roof. It took an analysis of the shadows to indicate that insects are actually 2-D paintings. I was wrong.
Back on earth, looking up.
Other items in the Seattle Center area -- International Fountain
We monorailed back to the Westlake Center, and while walking to the next conveyance, the trolley to Lake Union, we came upon several monuments to Seattle greats. They had cast their footprints into bronze and placed them in concrete. Here are two guys I've actually met.
There wasn't much at Lake Union. Lots of yachts. A bunch of ducks. A few geese. But no restaurants. It looked like everything was undergoing restoration/replacement/rebuilding. Couldn't see that from the top of the Space Needle.
We had to take the trolley back, but fortunately, there were several good trucks in Westlake Center, so we enjoyed a burger and fries.
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