Seattle

 

Departure gate at DFW airport (yes, I take pictures of everything, because I'm a nerd like that)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

My friends' outdoor space

 

 

Pike Place public market

 

 

Flowers

 

Vegetables

Seafood



 

The original Starbucks

 

 

The stall at Pike Place where they toss the fish

 

Barney, the Leopard Seal at the Seattle Aquarium

 

Starfish (you can pet them!)

 

Moon Jellies at the Seattle Aquarium

 

 Chocolate-dipped Belgian waffle

 

Outside Ivar's Seafood--we fed the seagulls

 

They are definitely not afraid of humans!

 

 

Otter being fed by staff at the Seattle Aquarium

 

Dinner at Din Tai Fung, Chinese dumpling restaurant

 

Snoqualmie Falls

 

Mount Rainier--as clear as it got!

 

 

We went on a short hike

 

View from the trail

 

Paradise Falls

 

Yep, Mount Rainier National Park has already had snow

 

What's left of Mount Saint Helens, the top of which is obscured by clouds

 

The flora and fauna around Mount Saint Helens has only barely returned in 33 years

 

Display at the Chihuly Museum

 

Seaforms at the Chihuly Museum

 

Glass floats at the Chihuly

 

Zelda, the German Shepherd dog