Happy 4 years!

Yep that's Right, I'm holding up 4 fingers! One for each of the fabulous years we've been married!

We decided we'd be tourists in Seattle for a day. Grandma Wood took Decker from Friday to Saturday night and Mike and I visited a couple of great attractions in Seattle.

The Underground Tour, Pikes Place Market and Ride the Ducks.

The Seattle Underground Tour was fascinating.

Early Seattle was dominated by the logging industry. Because of the easy access to lumber, nearly every building was constructed of wood. Additionally, because the area was at or below sea level, Seattle was a frequent victim of floods, requiring buildings to be built on wooden stilts. The town also used hollowed out scrap logs propped up on wooden braces as sewer and water pipes, contributing to what could be described as a firetrap. In 1889, 25 city blocks were consumed, caused by a fire where a man was heating glue that boiled over onto the gasoline fire that was heating it in a cabinet shop. After this fire, where amazingly no one was killed, they rebuilt Seattle on top of the old. I'm taking a rest here...

Mike and an old bathroom and the wooden log pipes that ran sewer through the streets of Seattle.

We walked on the old sidewalks from 1889 found under the streets of Seattle today. this is looking up from under the Seattle streets.And this is from on top of the the Seattle Sidewalk today.

Then we walked from Pioneer Square up to Pikes Place Market. I had been there one other time with my mom when I first moved here back in 2001. We ran into a street entertainer with his parrot. One of the tricks that this parrot knew, was how to play dead. This gave my mom the idea to teach her parrot the same trick. Here's a link to a youtube video of me and Tommy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKORym4BTfc I had my eyes peeled for someone doing tricks with his parrot but we didn't run into any...

This is the very first Starbucks, Located in Pikes Place Market. Long line just to get in and place your order. We took a break out on the lawn for a bit...Couldn't have asked for a nicer day!

Then to finish off our day, we Rode the Ducks. These are amphibious vehicles that are modeled after the DUKW's that were used during World War II. They run on both land and water. So they drive you around downtown pointing out interesting historical facts about Seattle and then they take you onto Lake Union for a spin. The captains are well trained in both safety and hilarity. Ours was very entertaining and made the ride so fun.

The Duck

The house from Sleepless in Seattle...bought a few years ago at $600,000, now, estimated value: 1.7 million...nice little investment!We had a great time and look forward to many more good times in the years to come! Love you!!