Seattle Scenes, part 2

Teesha has kicked off a great overview of our little jaunt state-side.
There were a few things that were special for me though, spending time with Nash was at the top of the list, and I'll cover some places here that we visited without Mum. The architecture and personality shone as well. I love my photography, and I've got some favourite pics that will form another post soon (I promise).

I'd heard a lot about Seattle Zoo and it seemed like a great place to take a three year old, along with Dad and Poppa Joe. The heat took some of the enjoyment out of it, but by far the highlight was Nashua feeding the giraffes. It was an up-close-and-personal kind of experience.


Nash wasn't sure about the Inspector Gadget tongue, but he talked about it a lot after so I assume he had a good time.


Apart from the Giraffe experience, there was a Jimi Hendrix experience too. Well, we are in Seattle. By the way, the blur in the centre was caused by wear by the way, not by bad photography skills...


Nash also made friends with some likely looking characters.


And escaped the heat for a bit with some ice cream. He even got some in his mouth.


I can't believe Teesha didn't introduce the Fremont Troll as well. One of the more amusing pieces of public art we've come across, all the more so for being stuck under a bridge (as trolls are, I guess) and out of the general way. You had to know he was there to find him.


He's grasping an actual VW in his left hand there, just out of picture. But Nash, in typical toddler fashion, had to appease the Troll with some leaves, so he didn't eat our car as well.


One of the big surprises was the Locks near the suburb of Belmont. Firstly though, as an Australian Male I'm not supposed to gush about cupcakes, but we stumbled across Cupcake Royale in Belmont as well, possibly the best cupcakes in the known universe. They also had excellent coffee, and wireless...


But back to more manly things, and what could be more manly than massive engineering feats. The Chittenden Locks were certainly that, and very busy.


But the best bit was the salmon ladder. Out of season, there were still hundreds of salmon working their way up the ladder and past the purpose built viewing area, on the way past the locks and weir. I want to see it when the salmon are running.


It was amazing to see so many huge fish, swimming wild. It made me hungry.