Seattle  
 
  Seattle skyline

Seattle skyline
 
 
  If you squint, in the background you can see Mount Rainier

If you squint, in the background you can see Mount Rainier

 
 
  Is that smog I see?

Is that smog I see?
 
 
  The Puget Sound is beautiful

The Puget Sound is beautiful

 
 
  The Space Needle

The Space Needle
 
 
  More Seattle views

Another Seattle view
 
 
  Bustling harbor

Bustling harbor
 
 
  This truck, and a few accompanying police-looking types were just hanging out below the Space Needle

This truck, and a few accompanying police-looking types were just hanging out below the Space Needle

 
 
  Looking down at the Experience Music Project (EMP) from the Space Needle

Looking down at the Experience Music Project (EMP) from the Space Needle

 
 
  The Science Fiction Museum is in the EMP too

The Science Fiction Museum is in the EMP too

 
 
  The EMP was designed by Frank Gehry, and it's an odd-looking thing

The EMP was designed by Frank Gehry, and it's an odd-looking thing

 
 
  A young sea gull gulps down a chicken wing bone, sauce and all, downtown Seattle

A young sea gull gulps down a chicken wing bone, sauce and all, downtown Seattle

 
 
  Pioneer Square Pergola, downtown Seattle

Pioneer Square Pergola, downtown Seattle

 
 
  The Pergola at night

The Pergola at night
 
 
  Rick gives a wonderfully educational and entertaining tour of the Seattle Underground

Rick gives a wonderfully educational and entertaining tour of the Seattle Underground

 
 
  Literally underground - the street levels were raised after a fire destroyed the area in 1889, burying the sidewalks and bottom floors of the buildings

Literally underground - the street levels were raised after a fire destroyed the area in 1889, burying the sidewalks and bottom floors of the buildings

 
 
  During the tour, we walked along the underground sidewalks and could see the wall that was built to raise the street level

During the tour, we walked along the underground sidewalks and could see the wall that was built to raise the street level

 
 
  Relics in what used to be the first floor of a downtown building

Relics in what used to be the first floor of a downtown building

 
 
  These windows used to look out at the street

These windows used to look out at the street