Day 2 - Page 1

Pike Place Market

The next morning we awoke to the news that DeAnne's parents would not be arriving in Seattle until later that afternoon. So, seeing that we had most of the day to ourselves we decided to drive to the city and check out some things in greater detail.

After eating a hearty waffle breakfast, we headed for the city and went to the world famous Pike Place Market which is a huge farmers market/fish market as well as other shops and restaurants.

Pike's Market opened on Aug. 17, 1907 with six to 12 wagons. Today it is the nations oldest continuously operating farmers market. Pike's has an amazing assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as many places to eat. We picked up some great strawberries and other things there that we brought back to munch on at our hotel. The fruit was fabulous!

We stopped in and ate lunch at one of the local restaurants there called Lowells. Lowells overlooks the Port of Seattle, the Olympic Mountains and the Waterfront. The neat thing about this restaurant is that it has 3 floors and overlooks Puget Sound. We were able to eat on the top floor with a table right next to the window. What a gorgeous view we had of the harbor and Puget Sound. Oh yea, food was great too and so was the service.