Dave & I witnessed two fire's. Both of them happened to the same house. One that was put out right away and the second that called for back up. About 5 fire trucks, and multiple police cars, well pretty much the whole task force of Lake Stevens showed up for the second. It was pretty crazy. Dave and I certainly enjoyed this guys production of fire and fireworks. I kept saying "This guys got the stuff." He was shooting the big ones from his backyard. No wonder you had two fires...
I've been wanting to Ride the Ducks since we've moved here, and what better day than the 4Th of July. Prefect weather, 80 degrees. And special access to the fireworks on Lake Union. I certainly felt special!!! Awesome tour.
Building were made of wood a long time ago, but than Seattle had a fire that took down 30 blocks of buildings in just a short period of time. So now they are all brick.
Pioneer Square, which actually isn't a square it's a triangle. I guess they couldn't make up there minds when planning the layout of the city.
The tour starts at the Space Needle. Which is in the Seattle Center. It's neighbored by the Experience the Music Project, Science fiction Museum, Jim Hansen Muppet's Museum, and many others.
Gas Work's Park. It was an old factory that they were going to tear down, but the people didn't want the City to tear it down, because it is a historical landmark. Instead of a brand new park, they left it like this. Which to the people of Fremont was just groovy. The park has been used in a number of movies and tv shows. The latest would be the show Amazing Race. It was used as a starting line as well as a finish line for an episode.
This is the Sleepless in Seattle house that Tom Hanks and Jonna lived in. It is now up for sale for 2.5 million. Any one interested?
On our Land & Water tour we got to see Lake Union, which is were the biggest Firework display is in Seattle. The barge above, is where the would shot off fireworks from. It was really neat to see up close.
I learned from our tour guide that Lake Union has a limit on how many floating house's can be on the Lake. The total is 500. One of the 500 is the Sleepless in Seattle house.
You can see the Ballard Locks from the above photo. Looks like a lot of boats coming to see the fireworks at Lake Union.
I want a boat...
I want a boat...
3 comments:
Fun post Mind! Love all of the Seattle pics. Looks like a great holiday for you...thx for sharing!
cute decor! you guys have really taken the opportunity te get to know Seattle...looks like fun!
This post (almost) made me book a quick trip to Seattle, but I am too cheap..$60 ea way was just too much. I went for San Fran this time..but next time southwest gets desperate...I might just have to stop in to your city and take you to lunch:)
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