5/20/05 to 5/22/05
We moved on to the Seattle, Washington area. We are staying at the Tall Chief RV Resort in Fall City. It again is heavily wooded. It rained on us most of the way and then most all day long after arriving. It is quite cool also. Seattle is a beautiful city. I think one of the cleanest big cities we have been in. The road sides along the interstates are landscaped and so clean. Downtown has been renovated where necessary and the businesses there are thriving unlike most downtown larger cities. The waterfront on Puget Sound has several cruise ships arriving and departing each week. The other major boon to the economy from the shipyard is container shipping. Containers like you see on railroad cars and trucks on the highway. They have huge cranes that can load a ship in 24 hours. Seattle has a market square which sells everything imaginable but especially fruits and veggies and fish and seafood. They also sell flowers of every kind and color. They are so beautiful. We enjoyed walking through this area. Pioneer Square is the old original part of town. In the early 1900’s they had a fire which burned down most of this area. Before rebuilding a law was passed that allowed them to rebuild only with stone or brick, no wood. The buildings in this area are beautiful. The designs of the building fronts are each unique. It is just an awesome place to visit. Then of course they have the space needle which is some 600+ feet high. We did not go up in it. We did enjoy a very good seafood lunch down on the waterfront and enjoyed walking through the area.