Today we camped at a place on Bainbridge Island and we were staying there for two days. It is but a short hop, skip and a jump (OK a ferry ride) from Seattle and we had a bunch of things that we wanted to see in Seattle. The ferry ride was as much a part of the entertainment as anything else. It was incredibly windy. The kids would play outside in the wind for a bit and then get cold and come back inside. Outside, Inside, until we got to Seattle. The best part about the ferry is that it drops you off right where you want to be, in the center of town. From there you can walk along beside the pier or you can go into town. We did a little of both!
We saw the first Starbucks store ever and noted that US sensibilities has required that a little less of her bosom needed to be showing to become an international brand. I was a bit saddened by it because the original retained son much more of what I see as the character of the age in which it was born. Anyway, Seattle is definitely the city of coffee and that is enough to make me happy, no matter what else we decided to do. We walked to Pike's market and then got on the monorail to the Space Needle. Levi loves things that move and building things and he has found a kindred spirit in Evan who is discovering that Levi is now old enough to be a real friend rather than an annoying younger brother, even though at times they still annoy each other. But that is as it should be too! One of the sayings from this trip comes from when we were packing and Robert would read stuff off a list and we would call out "Check" when it was packed. Part way through as the boys started to annoy each other, Robert said; "Annoying brothers.....Check". From there every time that one of them would get cranky, we would just have to say that and they would all laugh!
At the Space Needle we all went up and had our photo taken and then went all around and through the EMP building, which was as interesting on the outside as the inside! It is a museum of sound and light and had some great displays and things to play with. It had the history of guitars and Rock and then a whole area that displayed techniques used in films. The Avatar exhibit was fabulous! They had all sorts of memorabilia from the filming but also demonstrated the new techniques they had to achieve in order to film it at all! The boys loved the part where you could act out a part. First off you go into a red room and hold your arms out so the computer can 'measure' you and then the lights on the floor tell you what you should be doing and then in about 30 seconds you get a clip of you acting out a scene in Avatar! This is Levi acting out
touching a plant on Pandora. He loved it and because there were few people there, all of them could repeat it as often as they liked. I had some time just studying the building itself and marveled at the ability to create such a fluid structure that could still stand up to the rigors of Seattle!
Today we camped at a place on Bainbridge Island and we were staying there for two days. It is but a short hop, skip and a jump (OK a ferry ride) from Seattle and we had a bunch of things that we wanted to see in Seattle. The ferry ride was as much a part of the entertainment as anything else. It was incredibly windy. The kids would play outside in the wind for a bit and then get cold and come back inside. Outside, Inside, until we got to Seattle. The best part about the ferry is that it drops you off right where you want to be, in the center of town. From there you can walk along beside the pier or you can go into town. We did a little of both!
We saw the first Starbucks store ever and noted that US sensibilities has required that a little less of her bosom needed to be showing to become an international brand. I was a bit saddened by it because the original retained son much more of what I see as the character of the age in which it was born. Anyway, Seattle is definitely the city of coffee and that is enough to make me happy, no matter what else we decided to do. We walked to Pike's market and then got on the monorail to the Space Needle. Levi loves things that move and building things and he has found a kindred spirit in Evan who is discovering that Levi is now old enough to be a real friend rather than an annoying younger brother, even though at times they still annoy each other. But that is as it should be too! One of the sayings from this trip comes from when we were packing and Robert would read stuff off a list and we would call out "Check" when it was packed. Part way through as the boys started to annoy each other, Robert said; "Annoying brothers.....Check". From there every time that one of them would get cranky, we would just have to say that and they would all laugh!
At the Space Needle we all went up and had our photo taken and then went all around and through the EMP building, which was as interesting on the outside as the inside! It is a museum of sound and light and had some great displays and things to play with. It had the history of guitars and Rock and then a whole area that displayed techniques used in films. The Avatar exhibit was fabulous! They had all sorts of memorabilia from the filming but also demonstrated the new techniques they had to achieve in order to film it at all! The boys loved the part where you could act out a part. First off you go into a red room and hold your arms out so the computer can 'measure' you and then the lights on the floor tell you what you should be doing and then in about 30 seconds you get a clip of you acting out a scene in Avatar! This is Levi acting out touching a plant on Pandora. He loved it and because there were few people there, all of them could repeat it as often as they liked. I had some time just studying the building itself and marveled at the ability to create such a fluid structure that could still stand up to the rigors of Seattle!
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