downtown and boat cruise

Thursday 25th July 2013

Today we were going to spend the day looking around downtown Seattle and do a boat cruise from Lake Union to the main wharf at Seattle.  The cruise was about 2.5 hours long and would take us from Lake Union through a lock back to the main pier.  We started with a ride on the monorail and then walked to the old part of town where we went up to the top of the Smith Tower which is one of the tallest and oldest buildings in Seattle.  It was the tallest building along with the space needle at the time of the world fair in 1962.  Some of the old part of town was really pretty and the streets and parks are so well looked after.  We got out to our boat ride and enjoyed a spectacular 2.5 hours.  It was really well worth the money and was nice and relaxing with great views of the city and Mt Rainier.  Tomorrow we leave Seattle and fly to Milwaukee.

 

 

monorail travels through the emp museum

 

the tracks ahead

 

looking out to puget sound

 

smith tower

 

view from tower to puget sound

 

space needle from smith tower

 

this chair brings good luck

 

our boat

 

lake union

 

floating house from sleepless in a seattle

 

entering the lock

 

mt rainier from puget sound

 

 

city skyline