Got up a little earlier than usual (about 6:00), so we went ahead and prepped for departure. We had a long one today to Saltwater State Park in Des Moines, WA, between Seattle and Tacoma - 267.5 miles (3,649.8 trip/63,130.9 total). We got in early enough to drive to the Seattle City Center for a look. City Center included the Space Needle, Chihuly Museum and Gardens, the Pacific Science Center, the EMP Museum (Experience Music Project) and a lot of nice gardens and outdoor sculpture.
Looking through the sculpture you can see the EMP Museum.
The Space Needle is very cool, especially considering it was built more than 50 years ago! We learned it was constructed so that it could be disassembled after the World's Fair in 1962. Of course, it would have taken a pretty big set of wrenches. It's a good thing they changed their mind.
The EMP building was a work of art in itself. The panels had different finishes giving the building some beautiful coloring but the flowing freeform walls were the defining feature.
This building (EMP Museum) is fascinating! I can't wait to see the inside in the next few days.
David caught the monorail just as it popped out of the EMP building.
I've never seen such fluid architecture.
To be honest, I'm not sure if this is upside down or right side up!
Right next to the Space Needle is the Chihuly Museum and Garden. You could see some of the glass through and over the bushes. It was pretty and it was unusual, but not something either of us would really like to have in our yard. We will probably save this for another visit - with the City Pass we will be pressed for time!
The Pacific Science Center is on our agenda.
Space Needle is a must, twice (day visit and night).
Giant sculpture outside the Pacific Science Center.
Stumbled onto the tail end of a concert on the lawn behind the Chihuly Museum.
This Chihuly exhibit needed something for scale. The yellow glass sculpture is outside in an enclosed garden, but it is so big it sticks up above the hedge (I would estimate it is about 15-18 feet in diameter.) The sculpture behind it is in an all-glass building, so it is very visible at night.
It is Seattle. It rained.
We read that in Seattle they don't get a lot of rain - they just get a little bit of rain a lot of the time. After the high desert, where we didn't even have humidity, it was a welcome change!
When you go back to Tacoma, wave at Fort Lewis. I spent a couple of uncomfortable months there in the hospital and then back to Basic Training while in the Army.
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