Day 1 in Seattle Continued...

After visiting the aquarium we were scheduled to go on a Seattle harbour boat tour. We knew from the last time we were here that next door to the aquarium was a really cool old building that housed an old fashioned carousel. As we arrived at the entrance to the carousel the lady working there opened the door to let us in. We explained that we hadn't bought any tickets yet so we needed to do that first. Oh no, she told us, that gentleman that just passed by you bought your girls a ride! So, that was neat, a FREE ride on the carousel! We couldn't find that man back after to thank him, so from here "Thanks for the free ride!"

After this we bought some muffins and rolls for our lunch. The sun was shining and although it was quite nippy out, if you sat directly in the sunshine it felt quite warm. We had our lunch on a park bench waiting for our boat trip to start!

The boat trip was 1 hour long. It went all around the harbour explaining a lot of history of the pier system there, and even why certain building were built. It's really neat to hear the background to some of these places rather than just see the building.

We sat up on the outside deck for as long as we could handle the wind and cold weather. Then we moved inside as the tour was almost done, to warm up again!

After the boat tour we planned to head up the hill towards Pike Place Market. We had heard about a gum wall that has been literally growing over the past number of years. We decided to try find it, but Trevor made sure both girls had something to add to this artwork by buying some packages of Chicklets that one store was selling to promote this "attraction".

It was actually pretty gross in my opinion, thinking about all the germs now pasted to that wall. The kids thought it was pretty cool, and it was nice break from the uphill climb on our way to Pike Place Market...