Sunday, October 1, 2017

Report # 8 Seattle, Washington September 30, 2017 Saturday Partly cloudy, Rain & 59 degrees Part #2 Of 2 77 Pictures

The pictures continue…..

 

Flowers as well as groceries

 

Many shops here – the oldest-operating farmers market in the US

 

Crabs

 

Fresh trout – the vendors are famous for "fish-throwing"

 

Fish items, all cooked with Pale Ale batter

 

Beautiful produce

 

Dining al fresco

 

A familiar store – Sur La Table

 

Street was paved with bricks

 

Brick buildings as well

 

Summer flowers

 

The park

 

High rises of Seattle's downtown

 

Heading back

 

The marina near the Aquarium

 

International Conference Center

 

Cruise Terminal for NCL and Oceania

 

Looking towards Seattle Center & the Needle

 

There is the sculpture of the "head"

 

Clouds were darkening the skies

 

A welder's creation

 

Back to Olympic Sculpture Park

 

Well-used hiking and biking trail

 

There were rent-a-bikes along the way (needed a cell phone to use)

 

A resting gull

 

Bet we get rain soon

 

No chemicals used in the landscape

 

Tall trees

 

Rockrose

 

Cargo ship

 

Loading grain

 

Not too busy for a Saturday

 

Water station for people and their puppies

 

Can see the Ruby Princess

 

Yes, we most certainly enjoyed your park……thanks

 

Last of the blooms

 

We also have this flower at home in California

 

Angry sky

 

Bird feeders

 

The rain started slowly by now

 

Almost home

 

A wall of Virginia creeper ivy

 

Changing fall colors

 

Two ships still here

 

The Ruby will leave first

 

They were having their muster drill

 

Loading was about done

 

Heading into the Sound soon

 

One big ship

 

Sailaway From Seattle

 

Time for snacks and champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte) on our veranda

 

Famous skyline of Seattle

 

That was a long walk

 

The Eurodam left around 5pm

 

Saying goodbye to the Needle

 

Grain loading

 

It was raining now

 

Marina

 

A famous hillside house

 

So many sailboats

 

And yachts

 

Leaving Pier 91

 

Brilliant in the brief sunlight

 

Condos with a harbor view

 

Hillside homes

 

Beautiful fall colors

 

One cloudy sky

 

There goes the Ruby, but to where?

 

A lighthouse

 

Right on the point

 

Serves a purpose

 

Green trees line the hills

 

Good day to sail

 

Many boats

 

Green and greener

 

Sun was setting soon

 

Some color in the sky

 

Saying goodbye to Seattle