Day 9 - Seattle Harbor and Aquarium

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We stayed in town today to do a couple of our City Pass tours. Headed out on the Argosy cruise of the harbor seeing the waterfront area, learning a bit more about the history of cruise ship tourism which is relatively new to Seattle, the 1962 World Fair which brought the Space Needle to life, the massive amount of grain that is exported from this area to the Pacific, the Coast Guard and Navy presence, the massive ferry system which can take up to 2000 cars each way to Bainbridge Island, and the advent of the Pikes Place Market when produce prices were soaring. After our boat tour we headed to the Seattle Aquarium where they had many varieties of fish, jellyfish, squid, sharks, seals, sea otters, and the cute puffin. Boys went for a swim at the hotel pool before we headed off to the Sports Grille for dinner. When they returned from the pool the lake outside our window was filled with sail boats. At the park across from the restaurant folks were playing at the small beach and swimming in the lake.

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Photos

Argosy Harbor Cruise
Drew, Mary Ann, and Sean just before we board the boat.

Argosy Harbor Cruise
A close up of the Space Needle

Argosy Harbor Cruise
A Navy vessel headed to the pier.

Argosy Harbor Cruise
Sailboat in the harbor.

Seattle Aquarium
Beautiful starfish just hanging out.

Seattle Aquarium
The jellyfish were awesome.

Seattle Aquarium
Measuring up to a 12 ft - 6 gill shark. 1/2 way for Drew.

Seattle Aquarium
Measuring up to a 12 ft - 6 gill shark. Almost 1/2 way for Sean.

Seattle Aquarium
Prawns - I think they were talking to us.

Seattle Aquarium
Drew "surfs" a whale.

Seattle Aquarium
Dean channels a shark.

Seattle Aquarium
Cool iron sculputure outside on the dock.

Lake Union
Sailboats arrive just before dinner.

Lake Union
Sailboats are everywhere

Lake Union
Kids jumping off the bridge into the lake