Seattle Part Two

October 9th, our first full day in Seattle.

We started the day with fresh donuts from a vendor at pike place.
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Krispy Kreme ain't got nothing on you!

And what better to go with a delicious krispy hot donut...



then a cup of coffee from the original Starbucks...
which coincidentally looks just like all of the other Starbucks
and tastes the same... nothing special

Once we finished breakfast and watched a guy throw a fish,
we decided to venture to Discovery park to take in some nature.
Discovery park is a rather large regional park at the north end of Seattle
that was once a military base and blah, blah, blah... bored


Here's Gina at the outset of our hike down to South Beach in Discovery Park


A view from the trail.

The body of water is called Puget Sound
and on the other side is Bainbridge Island
and the mountains you see beyond that is Olympic National Forest


A little further down the trail

Then after what I think was about a mile and a half,
don't ask Gina how far it was,
we arrived at South Beach



Because of its position, South Beach catches much of the driftwood
that floats across Puget Sound and so people make little forts and by forts I mean piles of wood



I took this on the North Beach which, you guessed it,
sits on the northern side of the peninsula from South Beach
I love shooting "cloud scapes." I thinks its the incidental nature of it.
I never get the same shot twice.



Heres just one example of the countless kinds of wild flowers we saw along the way



Here's Gina as we headed back up the hill from the coast




and here's Gina once we reached the top

I'm not going to say the trail wasn't really steep


a meadow



After we finished up at Discovery Park we hopped on a bus
and headed to Gas Works Park in the Republic of Fremont
I don't know why they call it a republic, they just do.
This park sits on Lake Union and has an old rusted out gas refinery in it.
Lucky for you, I don't know the history of it.



This was our view of downtown at sunset from Gas Works Park over Lake Union



then I turned around and saw that the sky was on fire.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
Thats Aurora Bridge which connects Fremont to Seattle

To finish our day we found a cool Bar and grill called Norms in downtown Fremont.
From the inspired decor you gather that the owners really like dogs
So much so that nearly every patron brought there pooch with them to dinner
It was kind of cool but, as Gina pointed out, probably broke some health codes.

Thus ends day two of our Seattle adventure!