The Underground

We spent most of our day in Seattle today. According to my health meter app, I walked 16,463 steps which sounds much cooler than the estimated 6.98 miles 16,463 steps converts to. Even cooler and more amazing is the 23 floors my health meter says I climbed today. I know that has to be true as I found out you don't so much walk around Seattle, you climb it!

It was a perfect day weather-wise and company-wise too. Jim, Travis, Guin, and I explored the city, top to bottom, so to speak.

First up, we went to Pike Place Market

It's been a farmers market since 1907.

Fish, flowers, fruit and Lobster mushrooms? Who knew? Had no idea there was such a thing as lobster mushrooms. Do you serve them with lemon juice and butter? Shouldn't they be in a tank at a seafood restaurant?

 

Just outside Pikes Place Market.

Just outside "Gum Alley".

This is why we can't have nice things!

Evidently, this is the migratory destination of masticated gum. I was told this is only about a years worth of gum. The nearly 5-inch thick layer of gum on the alley 

walls was de-gummed about a year ago.

Seattle is an interesting place. And being able to tour it's underground history is pretty awesome! 

Underground, this is a skylight, above ground, it's just part of the sidewalk.

Crazy Seattle plants!

Before we left Seattle, Travis and Guin took us to Lincoln Park.

What a beautiful place! We got to watch the sunset over Puget Sound.