Thursday, July 07, 2005

It Was a Nice Day

Rode Amtrak into the city on July 3. Took a couple of hundred pictures.

These are the 90 or so that I liked the best.


Looking out the back of the train near Mulkilteo

Seattle's King Street Station

I wanted to buy some hydrogen but they were closed

Seattle Fire Fighter Memorial

Wood

Pioneer Square Totem

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I Love You

Here I Come

Hug me baby

Before Motel 6 there was Hotel 3/4

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Reflecting Bud Guitar

Seattle Jazz and Blues

A Truck Driver Accidently Broke This in 2001 see - Pergola will rise again

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Bank of America Tower - 76 Floors - 937 Feet Seattle Skyscrapers

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I stopped in an Italian Cafe for coffee and saw this comic strip

Looking up at Seattle from waterfront

Fire Boat by Ivar's

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Seagull Hangout

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Not bad for a nice ride on a sailboat (see below)

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Fun way to watch the fireworks

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Seattle Icon - Ivar Haglund (1905-1985)

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Good looking horse

Kind of shy

Puget Sound seems kind of cold for this...

Argosy tour boat coming back

On the pier

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I couldn't get the door open

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Like the name

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I want one of these signs

Shiny stuff

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Notice the giant shoe door is open on the left (costs 50 cents to look)

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Glass Menagerie

Look out!

Sign in a little store - I didn't have the heart to tell them it was already pretty bent up

Street in front of Pike Place Market

I love this picture - the bluest skies are in Seattle

Sanitary Public in Seattle

Pretty veggies - wish I wouldn't have blurred the shot

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Octopi - This species is made of a rubberlike material

More Rubber Sea Creatures

3:30 Sunday afternoon Pike Place Market

Clown and his remote controlled car

Checking out the sights and smells

I like this one

He'll make all your wildest dreams come true

Good place for brew and brewing supplies

I couldn't get a good angle on these funny words

On the national historic register

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If I had a hammer would I really hammer in the morning?

White building is Smith Tower - Chinese room observatory is a very cool spot at the top - Ivar Haglund bought this building in 1976

Nice shiny Sounder train runs from Everett/Seattle/Tacoma

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Good deal but only runs on weekdays

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The new Everett Station is beautiful

Sunny

Inside the Everett station

Sounder looks nice - platform is nice and clean

Espresso sign inside station

Forward thinking

Looking out the train window Everett to Seattle

Lewis stayed home and took a nap