Just look at this peaceful view of the oceanfront in all its serenity...
Okay, maybe not.
But it's still really cool the way they unload these giant containers off massive cargo ships. It's hard to get a perspective on the monumental size of those crain unloaders -- but just know that each of those colored containers is the size of the standard trailer pulled by a semi you see driving on the highway!
Anyway, we found ourselves visiting the nation's oldest continuously functioning public/farmer's market...
This is the home of the famous fish guys -- those folks who sell fresh fish and throw it around to each other for the entertainment of the tourists. Unfortunately, they weren't doing it when we came by, but the market is still really neat...
There are some really strange things as well, like this sign showing the size of the world's tallest man...
They even have this thing here...
Although one must wonder how they can consider a 30 year-old hot dog still the world's best.
Seattle is also home to Microsoft, those goofy tech guys whose brains fill up our computers. So technology and monuments to it can be found everywhere.
This is the only place in the world where I've seen something like this...
Obviously a giant celebration of the mathematical value of pi.
Even the highways around here are really quite neat. Look at the road in the distance of this picture...
This is a triple decker highway!
Ultimately, though, this is a port city and there is plenty of access to the waterfront.
In most cities, though, to get to the water, you walk across the sand.
Not in high tech Seattle...
Unreal. An elevator to get to the water!
Well, around the corner, I thought that this must be the elevator...
But no, it is a high tech public restroom.
Besides the world of high tech, Seattle also has its taste of local celebrities.
Remember those lines from the old George Benson song, "On Broadway"...
They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say
But they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway
Well, I guess George got on the Greyhound.
His name might not be in neon on Broadway Avenue, but it is on a streetcar line on Madison Street...
That picture was from "Clam Central Station" -- probably the endpoint after George left New York from Grand Central Station.
And we're off soon to see another "star" in Seattle...
We have tickets to Stefanie Powers in "The King and I" at the famous 5th Avenue Playhouse.
From "Hart to Hart" to Rodgers and Hammerstein. Seattle is a hoot!
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