July 13, 2017
This morning we both awoke naturally and completely relaxed. We have been on go for a long time and this trip did the trick. My (Jason) newly found cousin had mentioned knowing a few people in Seattle and suggested we take a ferry ride over to Bainbridge Island. Before taking such an arduous journey we decided that it would be a good idea to take a shower, get dressed and find some place in town to grab breakfast. We stopped at a place named Cafe Mecca. This place has been around for quite a while, in fact the slogan of the restaurant is "Alcoholics serving alcoholics." I ordered Eggs Benedict and DaNae ordered hashbrowns, eggs, and toast.
I still felt sluggish from all of the rest and relaxation the night before so we decided that I should get some coffee. My appetite got the better of me and I picked up a brownie with my iced coffee.
The next ferry wasn't going to leave for a bit so we decided to walk down to pike place market. We had heard that this place was critical to see so we made it a point to head over. It was fantastic. Below you can see the sign for the market "entrance."
We found a really fun place called "Ye Olde Curiousity Shop." They had strange oddities in the back and also fun things like unicorn hand puppets. DaNae and I were messing around with the puppets and the shop keeper came by and exclaimed "Awww. Unicorn love!"
The next few shots are the view of the water visible from Pike Place Market
After Pike place market we scurried back to the area where the ferry was set to leave. We purchased tickets from the gate and headed down the path to board the ferry. It was a little colder there and things are always colder on moving boats so I bought a jacket at a store beforehand.
The ferry was a really fun ride and we loved the view. We were almost a little upset when it was time to disembark. But then I remembered a place to eat right near the center of town that my cousin had mentioned. She suggested that we stop at streamliner and get a chili omelet. They didn't have the chili omelet on the menu but we asked them and they made it happen for us. It was large and it was delicious.
When walking downtown we found this chalk message written on the ground, I wholeheartedly agree with the artist.
We found a store that sold things that looked like this leather-face clockwork murderer.
Here is a cool tree that we saw.
Bainbridge Island offers an art museum with free admission, here are some of the works:
Wizard monkey:
Pessimistic spice:
After the whirlwind tour of the art museum, we stopped and did a wine tasting because it seemed like a really fun thing to do.
I think you were supposed to spit the wine since you get about 6 half glasses full but I don't live my life that way.
After that we stopped into a cool toy store. Our friend Pusheen is hanging out on the top shelf.
Sloths are cute, that is all:
DaNae found this really creepy bird mask and decided to torture me with it:
After exploring the island a bit more and walking 2 miles away from the center of town into a residential area we decided it was probably time to turn back around and do some more fun things in the city. Here we are on the ferry ride back:
We returned to the Pike Place market area and decided that it would be fun to get in the massive ferris wheel that has popped up in the background of other photos. My favorite part about the ferris wheel is that occasionally we could see and wave at the people in the car behind us. Two college aged girls waved at us first and we continued waving back each time.
View of the city from the ferris wheel car:
Once off of the ferris wheel we decided to visit the aquarium. Honestly from the outside I did not have high hopes, and since we have one of the best aquariums here in Atlanta I went in with lowered expectations. As soon as we entered we were greeted by a starfish waving at us:
They had some really creepy prehistoric looking guys in here:
This is what I would look like if I were a jellyfish instead of a human:
Right beside the jellyfish display was an actual arch with live jelly fish floating freely all around you separated by glass of course:
Off to the left of the jelly fish we ran into this super cool octopus. I made eye contact with it for a moment and got a little freaked out/excited.
Here are some photos of the other fish that we came across:
After walking a little further we found a seal swimming around and having a great time:
We were able to walk to the upper part of the tank and see them swimming and even sunbathing, these things remind me so much of my cats:
It might be hard to believe but we were actually starting to get fairly hungry so we decided to go to a seafood place near the water:
For an appetizer we got an order of free crabcakes:
DaNae ordered clam chowder:
I went all out and ordered the grilled salmon with rice and bok choy.
On the way back to the hotel we found a couple of really cool manhole covers that we wanted to remember:
Since we were unable to make it to the Space Needle the night before and we were quickly running out of time, we decided to make it happen today. We made it all the way to the top and you wouldn't believe your eyes:
That's all you get from the Space needle, sorry!
We headed back and passed this really cool fountain again:
We also really liked this bit of artwork in the courtyard of an office building:
After all of this fun and excitement we decided to go back to the hotel for some much needed rest and the chance to get off of our feet. It was a fantastic day full of adventure and excitement. I'll never forget the opportunity to do so many cool things in one day!
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