6/22/2010 janet & michael's day in seattle

matt's sister janet and her son michael flew up to seattle for a day. the purpose was to pick up matt's corolla. their plane arrived at like 9am and we gave them a whirlwind tour of the city. 1st was a drive around lake sammamish, the route we normally bike. it was a good day. we saw (total all day) at least a dozen eagles, a deer, a couple herons, lots of fish, a seal, lenin and a troll.

  

these three 'tweens-aged eagles just north of sambica on w. lk. sam.

on e. lk. sam. 

a deer about 1/2 way up the lake. janet saw it and by the time we pulled over and walked back it had taken cover in the shrubbery (shrubbery. what a great word.) 

a little bit south of marymore park

on our way into seattle

outside the market was this guy who was trying to raise money to build cat-tree-houses for wayward (pet sheltered?) cats

and the 1st starbucks

flowers inside the market and signage

fresh king salmon and alaska halibut

seattle's famous flying fish

market spice - 1 of the original shops in the market

2 views of the waterfront from the market

seattle from kerry park in queen anne and mt ranier trying to peek her head out

a tug pulling a tug through the locks 

 fish in the fish ladder

there was a seal looking to catch dinner

a yellow cedar in the lock's gardens. 

michael, janet, matt

a quick peek of the space needle

there she is

can you imagine the fun addressing envelopes or telling people you live on troll ave?

we got away but that vw wasnt' so lucky

the ranier R, lenin, and the rocket on the fremont tour

seattle on the other side of lake union as seen from gasworks park

the sundial in gasworks park. matt's checking the time

gasworks park and all the works

house boats and float homes. 

if you need someone to tell you who lives in that house...

after all that we ended the day with a great dinner at cafe juanita.