Road trip - Day 9

Seattle, WA

We spent Saturday in Seattle visiting one of my oldest friends, Neal, and his wife, Diana. I had not seen him in too long so it was a pretty great day. Since it was Labor Day weekend, we decided to avoid places that would be crowded with people. We met up at Neal and Diana's place and went to a local Greek restaurant for lunch, yum. After lunch we went to Discovery Park. Mae started off a great photo day for me by looking adorable in a patch of dandylion covered grass.



We picked some genuine Washington apples and found a great tree to hide under and swing from the branches.





The grass on the fields and hills were covered with dandylions.



We stopped to enjoy the views of the sound and then headed down to the beach.





After Discovery Park we decided to get some ice cream. We drove over to Fremont, which is the center of the universe (or so the sign said). I have to say the area did offer some great images.

This is the building that Coldstone Creamery is in:



A Russian rocket attached to the top of a building:



There was a 15ft statue of Lenin in the middle of town:



And last, but possibly most memorable, was the troll under the Hwy 99 bridge eating a real VW bug:



Our last stop for the day was the SAM sculpture park.





We watched the sun set and then it was time to go.