trip of many bridges: seattle (days 6 & 7)
May 27, 2008 at 9:27 AM our trip continues on. if you're new here you can read about the beginning of our vacation here and here.
when you spend two nights in a place it gives you one day to travel and one FULL day to play, which i'm so grateful we did! we spent the morning and early afternoon at pike place market; home of the fish throwing, flower growing, purse making, trinket sharing, music playing farmers market. it was everything i had hoped for and expected. i wanted to buy flowers SO badly, they were all so vibrant and beautiful, but i didn't exactly bring a vase with me. :-P
next we took a ferry ride. our first ever! i felt a little silly because we had no idea what to do. after we pulled our car in we were the only people getting out of the car, so i made everyone get back in and we waited. and waited. and no one moved. finally i rolled down my window and asked the sleeping man next to us if we could get out and go up to the top. his reply? "yup" with a snicker. thank you sleeping man!
so we ran to the top of the ferry and played for our 45 minute trip.
as the ferry pulled away from the dock i was astounded at the view. i know that i had just been in the city, walking it's streets, but there is nothing like the view from the boat.
see what i mean?
f was in rare sorts that day. no tantrums thankfully, but plenty of goofy goofiness.
the ferry ride took us to bainbridge island which is a really beautiful, green, mystical little place. we got there at about 4 pm, so you could say that we beat the dinner rush... completely. we were the only people in the restaurant that weren't working there. i was grateful for it because the kids were a *wittwe wiwd* (little wild).
the trip home was much more subdued. we still played outside for a little bit, but we were just as happy to stay in the warm, enclosed seating instead. we ventured to the very front point of the ferry which was so windy i thought we were going to blow away!
my ferried fairies.
so we ran to the top of the ferry and played for our 45 minute trip. as the ferry pulled away from the dock i was astounded at the view. i know that i had just been in the city, walking it's streets, but there is nothing like the view from the boat. see what i mean? f was in rare sorts that day. no tantrums thankfully, but plenty of goofy goofiness. the ferry ride took us to bainbridge island which is a really beautiful, green, mystical little place. we got there at about 4 pm, so you could say that we beat the dinner rush... completely. we were the only people in the restaurant that weren't working there. i was grateful for it because the kids were a *wittwe wiwd* (little wild). the trip home was much more subdued. we still played outside for a little bit, but we were just as happy to stay in the warm, enclosed seating instead. we ventured to the very front point of the ferry which was so windy i thought we were going to blow away!my ferried fairies.day seven was spent driving, which means it was spent watching movies in the car. we drove from seattle to lincoln city, oregon. up to this point in the vacation we had been blessed with completely temperate weather, barely even a sprinkle of rain. but when we stepped out of our hotel on the morning of day seven, it was a complete downpour. it rained steadily until the moment we got to lincoln city, and then it stopped. ;-D
more to come!
Reader Comments (8)
i'm loving getting all caught up on your adventures...
and looking at all the great photos you took along the way!!!
i don't know how you did it...
i'm exhausted just reading about it ;-)
Pike's Market is one of my favorite places! And the flowers were my favorite part!
You are so, so brave to take 4 little ones one this amazing vacation! It's giving me a bit of courage to take a vacation of my own ....
So cute and awesome. I love all of your pictures! i especially like the last one where G is giving the finger ;)
oh my gosh, that picture of you and harmony with the amazing view is SOOO cute!!!
Your hair looks blonder (in a good way). Aren't ferries great? I LOVE getting out of the car. And some people just sleep . . . guess who's crazy there
Those flowers are BEAUTIFUL! I think I got confused and thought you had a baby (from the last blog?) I was like "She had a baby in the middle of a trip? WOW! How come it doesn't really look like her, and her husband looks different?" LOL lol Oh man, I'm such a space-case sometimes. LOL! Anyway, yeah, if I was there I'd wish I had a vase too. :)
(Is there a bad way hair can look blonder?)
I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again: looking at the photos on Bloglines makes them look so large and true-to-life. These are all wonderful. You are blessed, indeed.
we love to ride the ferry! and we get out of the car to walk around. haven't been to bainbridge island, yet, though. looks like a fun trip.