Whale Watching
I have often joked that my parents have made numerous threats to come out and visit me, only to have their flight mysterious redirected to some Caribbean island. I joke because they have done this twice. This year, they finally made good on their threat uh, promise and came out to visit me.
Seattle is a great place to visit in August. It is warm but not hot and we receive very little of our much publicized rain in this month. I think I did a pretty good job of showing off the city. Saturday we hung out in Belltown. We started off at my gym where I challenged my father in his favorite sport, racquetball. To keep this post to a reasonable length, I won't go into who won (yeah, that's my excuse). We spent the rest of the day at Pike Place Market, The Big Picture at El Gaucho, and Flying Fish. Sunday, we did a car tour of Seattle, hitting Kerry Park, Queen Anne Ave, Volunteer Park in Capital Hill, Uwajimaya Village in the International District, Alki Beach in West Seattle, the Arboretum, Green Lake, Husky Stadium, dinner at Kingfish Cafe and of course, the Space Needle.
The real highlight of the trip was Monday. We headed up to the San Juans for breakfast and some island hopping. The afternoon was spent whale watching!!! This was amazing. We started in Anacortes, WA and took a boat north of the Canadian border. Our boat ended up surrounded by three or four pods of orcas whales. They put on quite a show, circling, diving, and jumping around our ship. One even jumped out of the water and did a flip. Pretty graceful for an eight ton animal.
Who knew hanging out with your parents could be so much fun?
Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/MrSharps/20080812WhaleWatching
Seattle is a great place to visit in August. It is warm but not hot and we receive very little of our much publicized rain in this month. I think I did a pretty good job of showing off the city. Saturday we hung out in Belltown. We started off at my gym where I challenged my father in his favorite sport, racquetball. To keep this post to a reasonable length, I won't go into who won (yeah, that's my excuse). We spent the rest of the day at Pike Place Market, The Big Picture at El Gaucho, and Flying Fish. Sunday, we did a car tour of Seattle, hitting Kerry Park, Queen Anne Ave, Volunteer Park in Capital Hill, Uwajimaya Village in the International District, Alki Beach in West Seattle, the Arboretum, Green Lake, Husky Stadium, dinner at Kingfish Cafe and of course, the Space Needle.
The real highlight of the trip was Monday. We headed up to the San Juans for breakfast and some island hopping. The afternoon was spent whale watching!!! This was amazing. We started in Anacortes, WA and took a boat north of the Canadian border. Our boat ended up surrounded by three or four pods of orcas whales. They put on quite a show, circling, diving, and jumping around our ship. One even jumped out of the water and did a flip. Pretty graceful for an eight ton animal.
Who knew hanging out with your parents could be so much fun?
Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/MrSharps/20080812WhaleWatching
posted by Mr. Sharps at 9:23 AM
