We stayed four nights in the Olympia / Tumwater area and took a ferry from Bremerton to Seattle - very cloudy, windy and wet, but very beautiful!
After arriving, we headed to the Underground Tour of Seattle at Pioneer Square
Nicki had her eye on the red and black dress for her upcoming class reunion.
Next door was a kilt shop - yes, kilts!!! How about a kilt, Nicki???
Underground we go!!! Here's an OLD grate on the street where the glass has turned purple.
Here's from underground, complete with ferns.
Why there's a Seattle Underground...and yes, it's related to crafting - it involves GLUE!!!
On the afternoon of June 6, 1889, John E. Back , a worker in Victor Clairmont's cabinet-making shop near Front Street and Madison Avenue, was heating glue over a gasoline fire. Sometime around 2:30 pm, the glue boiled over and caught fire. The fire soon spread to the wood chips and turpentine covering the floor. Back attempted to douse the fire with water which only served to spread the fire further.
By the morning of June 7, the fire had burned the majority of 25 city blocks, including the entire business district, four of the city’s wharves and its railroad terminals. The fire would be called the most destructive fire in the history of Seattle.
Here's a beautiful metal structure in Pioneer Square - it was built at the time of the Yukon Gold Rush.
Wallpaper in an underground building.
Beautiful flowers and architecture - two of my favorite things!
Pike's Place Market - reminded me of London!
This is the famous fish throwing place - can you say 'slippery when wet?'
Nice way to display favors as a centerpiece - little boxes of chocolate where adorned with ribbon and placed on a cake plate.