Traveling--Part 2 (Seattle)

Tuesday, February 17th was a big day. We had to get up at 4am to go to the airport on our way to Seattle. We thought for sure Jackson would be so pooped he’d sleep on the plane. He did sleep for about an hour on the way from Dayton to Denver, but that was it. We had to literally run from one gate to the next in Denver so no time for food or bathroom breaks. We landed in Seattle about 10:30 local time. After catching a shuttle to our hotel and checking in we decided to get some food. The clock said 11:30, but out stomachs said 2:30 and we hadn’t had much to eat. We managed to have lunch in the Pike Place Market which was pretty cool. It was a very nice little restaurant. It was a little cramped, but had VERY good food.
I ended up having salmon in some form at every meal in Seattle. I just couldn’t make myself get chicken with all the great seafood choices!! After we walked around the market a little,
and bought some fruit to snack on

we headed back to the hotel. At this point it was almost 3pm and we were all tired. We laid down for “naps” but ended up staying asleep all night. We woke up at 4:30 the next morning ready to go. FYI, Seattle isn’t up that early. We goofed off in the hotel room until 6 and then headed out to find some breakfast. The market was completely empty. We killed time and let Jackson run around a bunch.

Did I mention that Jackson's gloves were packed in a box that we mailed from Ohio to Japan? He never leaves them on anyways... but we gave him mine because it was pretty cold out! This part was kind of inside so his coat was off, but we wanted to TRY to keep his hands warm... good luck! Actually, he does a better job leaving MY gloves on than he d

One restaurant opened at 7 for breakfast. It had a pretty great view

and also good food (I had salmon lox—I wasn’t exaggerating when I said I had salmon for every meal).

We planned on doing lots of things in Seattle that didn’t happen. The Space Needle was one of them since it was cloudy on Wednesday. We also planned on a tour at Safeco field but the timing didn’t work out right. One thing that DID happen was Bainbridge Island. We took a ferry to the island and had lunch there. We also found a great (read: expensive) ice cream place. Try convincing a 16 month old that the ice cream supply isn’t endless.
We walked everywhere and it was about a 20-block hike to the port for the ferry. It was worse on the way back since it was uphill.

Bainbridge Island was okay, but downtown Seattle was much cooler. The ferry ride was fun and we got some good pictures of downtown on the way back across.