Seattle adventure - Day 1

I had to go to Seattle for a conference, so Scott and I headed out a few days early to enjoy a long weekend together.  I had been to Seattle with my parents during high school and really enjoyed it, but this was Scott's first trip.  It's always hard to leave the boys, but we knew they were going to have a great time with my parents.  Plus, since Linda and Leland were still in town, Karsten got to have both sets of grandparents at his soccer game - what a lucky boy!

The sunrise was beautiful as we drove to the airport.  I think I entertained Scott while I was taking these pictures - he sees beautiful sunrises every morning on his way to work, but I leave later and the sun is already up.


After an uneventful trip (whew), we checked into our hotel then headed to Pike's Place market.  We tried to take the required selfie with the market sign in the background, but we both failed.  Scott's version was just the top of our heads and this was my attempt.  OOPS!


Next, we were on a mission to find a chowder place that my parents had raved about.  We knew we were in the right place when we found a tiny restaurant with a line out the door and around the corner.  The line went quickly, and the chowder was well worth the wait - I had smoked salmon chowder and Scott had seafood bisque - they were both delicious.


Then we walked around to see all of the booths in the market.  I wish we had vendors like this in our markets - how cool would it be to run out and pick up these huge shrimp for dinner.  Delish!


And, the flowers - wow!  This bouquet of flowers was $5!  There are beautiful bouquets at some of the markets around here, but are not this size or beautiful for $5!


We watched some fish get thrown at the famous Pike Place Fish Co.  It would be cool to order fish here and watch them throw your order to the guy for packaging.


After walking around for a bit, we went back to the hotel to rest and freshen up before dinner. Although our reservations weren't until later, we decided to go back down to the waterfront and have a drink and watch the sunset.  It was a beautiful evening and beautiful sunset.




We ate dinner at Elliot's, a place I remember eating at when I visited Seattle with my parents when I was in high school. We were talking to our server and learned that we were there on one of the last nights before Elliot's closed for 6 months due to a project renovating the sea wall.  Lucky us - thank goodness we made reservations that night and not one of the next few I had considered!