Day 9 October 1, 2023
Today is our first full day in Seattle. We flew from Los Angeles to Seattle yesterday morning, and spent the afternoon evening visiting the base of the Space Needle and having dinner at the Armory building next door. This morning We met up with Katherine’s friend Jason, and he took us on an adventure around Pier 57 which is called Miner’s Landing at the foreshore of downtown Seattle. All the piers are finger wharves similar to the ones we have in Australia.
The first adventure we went on was Salish Sea Tour- a 1 hour cruise around Elliot Bay in Puget Sound. We saw a Sea Lion swimming in the bay, and great views of the city skyline and the Olympic Mountains on the far side of the sound. The boat is decorated with carvings and paintings of the First Nations of the Salish Sea area as Seattle is located in the Pacific Northwest of America.
After the Sea tour, we went on the Great Wheel which is a large ferris wheel at the end of the Miner’s Landing Pier.
Our next stop was the the actual Space Needle including going up the elevator to the top of the Space Needle.
Day 10, October 2, 2023
Today Katherine and I went to visit Jason at the Woodland Park Zoo. He is a volunteer zoo docent who uses his animal puppets to interact with the visitors. Even though it was raining, we got to see Zebras, Penguins, Brown Bears, Tigers, Peacocks, Grey Wolves, Weaver Birds, Sea Eagles, Komodo Dragons, Warthogs, Giraffes, and Hippos.
The zoo has wonderful large sculptures of animals and plants that are also lighting fixtures.
Zebras
It was a wonderful day at the Zoo. Katherine really enjoyed seeing the two puppets she had built for Jason- Dennis the Weaver Bird, and Ray the Tiger work with the visitors to improve their visit to the zoo.
Georgina Monster