Road Trip Days 4 & 5

Day 4: 


Where did we leave off? Oh, we were settling down in Seattle for the night.


Friday came along and we decided to head out to the Space Needle. Anyone who knows me knows how I LOVE elevators (not) and I get especially freaked out when elevators involve more than 2 floors or are made out of glass. And the Space Needle goes up 520 ft. in the sky and it's made of glass. Awesome. I managed to make it up to the observatory deck (mostly by closing my eyes and getting really close to Joe.) Joe went outside to take pictures and I stayed inside to read the history and take a look at things. We had some lunch in the cafe and then I decided I was brave enough to go out on the observatory deck and take a picture to PROVE I made it to the top. You can't really tell, but here it is...

On top of the Seattle Space Needle

After the Space Needle, we headed down to Pike's Place to watch the famous fishmongers, explore the amazing farmer's market and of course, get coffee from the original Starbucks. 

We checked into our hotel - the Hyatt's Olive 8 which is within walking distance to downtown. It is a very cool hotel, first one in Seattle to be classified as "green." The electricity in the hotel room wouldn't work unless you put your room key in. So, once you left your room, you pulled out your card and it would automatically go off! Very neat! 

In honor of Joe's birthday we went out to dinner near Pike's Place and then drove around the city to see the city at night :)

Starbucks, Space Needle, Pike's Place

Day 5: 

Today, was not only Joe's birthday but we started our quest to find cool antique stores. First we started by walking to a cute little cafe for breakfast burritos (Joe's favorite). Then on our way back to the hotel, we walked to a couple antique stores, finding some more bottles for our bottle collection. We also walked back through Pike's Place and ended up finding the apparently-famous Seattle Gum Wall. It was great for photo ops, but the more I stood there the more grossed out I became! (I guess it's how a teacher thinks....how many germs are put on this wall every minute....) People had been quite creative with their additions. I had one piece of gum in my purse, and since it was Joe's birthday, I let him put it on the wall. Aww, what a nice wife.  On our way back to the hotel we walked through downtown, saw the flagship Nordstorm's.

After checking out of our hotel, we stopped at antique stores in West Seattle and Tacoma before making our way to Portland for the night. Listened to the Steve Jobs' biography the whole way :)

Gum Wall, Breakfast beverages, and...the truth.