Okay, here we go....
This will probably take numerous posts to ultimately get through the whole vacation, but I've got to start somewhere! My parents (God bless 'em) took our entire family on a cruise to Alaska (all 15 of us). This was a 8-day/7-night adventure that started and ended with a couple of days in Seattle. Boy, did we have a fantastic time! First of all, the weather was PERFECT! We were in Seattle for four days total and it never rained! It was beautiful! I was completely prepared for rain throughout the trip and lugged along my heavy, take-up-too-much-space rainboots and it never rained in Alaska, either! We had one day where it was overcast and some sprinkles came down as we were leaving the port in Ketchikan, but that was it!
Will did great on the almost 5 hour flight out to Seattle! He had a minor meltdown that lasted about 2 minutes and then we were able to get him to sleep. He also did great with the time change. I was really stressed out about both of these things and was so pleasantly surprised!
During our 1st weekend in Seattle, we visited the Fish Market, Bainbridge Island and the Space Needle. We also did a super fun Duck Tour which takes you around the city on both land and water---all in the same vehicle! I was expecting it to be super cheesy (and it was a little) but it really ended up being tons of fun. We got to see lots of things that we wouldn't have seen on our own! Here are a few pics of our first weekend in Seattle....
Famous car wash that Elvis visited during the Seattle Worlds Fair.
Snow-capped Olympic Mountains in the background!
Park in Seattle where the Amazing Race TV show
either started the race or ended the race?
Space Needle
Seattle skyline
Will sleeping through the Duck Tour on Grammy and Poppy.
House from Sleepless in Seattle!
Duck Tour boat (and bus!)
Pike Place Market
Famous fish market
Throwing the fish
Yummy fresh fish and seafood
1st Starbucks...ever! The line was RIDICULOUS!
Fish market!
On the ferry to Bainbridge Island
Will wearing his sunglasses like Mommy and Daddy
Mt. Rainier
Bainbridge Island
Will is the center of attention with his cousins!
Cruise ships in Port! Getting ready for us to board in a few short hours!
Love the snow-capped mountains in the background.
Top of the Space Needle
Qwest Field (Seahawks) and Safeco Field (Mariners)
Will's nap time!
SOOOO cool! I really want to do an Alaskan cruise and we talked about it but chickened out with MH being so young! I'm so impressed you took Will - I'm packing us now for a week in FL and it's taken me all day to get her stuff together. CAN NOT IMAGINE packing for a cruise!!!!! Good job!
ReplyDeleteFun! I'm sure this cruise was much different than the one we went on:-) ha! Seattle looks beautiful and a fun place. I've never been to Seattle....it's on my list of places I want to see while we are living out west.
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