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From the ferry we could see Mt. Rainer which is over 14,000 ft tall

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The Bainbridge ferry. This boat can hold hundreds of cars and a few thousand people. It was really fun to ride across to Bainbridge.

The space needle from the ferry

Downtown from the ferry

The rest of downtown from the ferry

From Baingridge looking back at Seattle

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Pike's place

Throwing a fish

Shipping cranes

A big boat (each of those boxes is the size of a semi-truck trailer)

Another big boat & the cranes

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Heidi at the Ballard locks

Me

Depending on the tide the level of this lake and the ocean can be several feet different so they built these locks for ships to pass through. A ship such as this tug boat come in from the lake, the close the lock, open some valves and gravity pulls the water out of the lock.

Once the water is out and the level in the lock is the same as it is on the outside then the open the next set of gates and the boat can head out into the ocean. While we were there the difference between the ocean and the lake was about 30 ft. It was really cool to watch the boats come in and go out.

Here is some sort of fishing boat that was coming in from the ocean

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Both of us up top

A shot from underneath

from the hotel at night

Safeco and Qwest field. This is where the Mariners and the Seahawks play.

Downtown from on top of the needle

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Heidi got us a deal on an awesome hotel in downtown Seattle. This is a view of the space needle from our hotel window/balcony.

Here is a zoomed in photo of the Space Needle from out hotel room.

Heidi and the space needle

me

A view of downtown from on top of the space needle

Road Trip

A few weeks ago we took a road trip up through Boise, stopped in Washington to see Heidi's brother and his family then we continued on to Seattle. We spent two night and two days in Seattle and it was awesome. We couldn't have hit better weather, for the most part while we were there the sun was shining and we only saw a few drops of rain. While we were there we went up in the Space Needle, walked around downtown, rode the monorail, saw the Ballard locks, went to Pike's Place, met up with some old friends, took the Bainbridge ferry and had a great time. We started making our way back home Saturday morning and stopped back in Ellensburg for Lorin's baptism. Heidi's parents had driven up for it as well so it was great for a good portion of the family to be together for it. We spent the next night in Boise and the next day drove over to the Boise State campus so we could look around and pick up a few things. It was raining that day so we didn't get to see the smurf turf or anything but it was still great to walk around a little. We made a detour on the way home and stopped in Pocatello to meet up with my family for dinner and then continued on to SLC. It was a great trip and we hope to make another journey up north in the not to distant future.