We woke up refreshed, as the beds in this hotel are among the most comfortable I've ever slept in. It'll be hard to go back home,where even there, it's not quite as comfy!
Outside our window, the rain was constant, and the wind had picked up quite a bit more than yesterday. We went to the monorail, which would take us to downtown, only to find that it was temporarily closed. So our choice was to walk about 2 miles, or catch a bus. As we were on our way to the bus, we decided to go to the EMP museum which was right by the bus stop. It was included in our City Pass. EMP stands for Experience Music Project. It has expanded to include a science fiction museum as well. We liked the science fiction part the best since it had arifacts from science fiction in all the media forms. Anything from Godzilla, to Battlestar Gallactica, to War of the Worlds, to Star Wars. Jonathan's favorite was the Star Wars section. My favorite was the robot from Lost in Space" TV show. I think Russ just enjoyed it all as did Chris.
Half of the music part of this museum was devoted to Jimi Hendrix, who was native to Seattle. We are not fans of his kind of music, but it was still interesting to see some of it. The part that we liked in the music museum was the interactive instuments. There were guitars, drums, and keyboards with computorized tutorial that took you step by step through the basics and then immediate practice. I even was able to play a little and I'm NOT musically gifted!! There was a part where you could pretend to be a rock star, with screaming fans, lights, and a dvd that you could purchase. None of us like to be in that kind of spotlight, so we passed on this.
By the time we were done with the museum, we saw that the monorail was running again and rode it to downtown. We had a quick lunch, and caught the lightrail to the harbor area. We signed up for the harbor cruise ready to set sail in about a half hour after we arrived. This too was included in our City Pass. We looked out at the boat we were to ride and saw it rocking quite noticably and worried that it might not be a very smooth ride. Our fears were put to rest,as when we set out, it was a smooth ride. Even 'though it was windy, and rainy, the enclosed seating with lots of windows allowed us to see everything well. The tour guide was humorous and full of information about Seattle. We even saw some of the California Sea lions that made their way up here to feed on the abundant sealife We all thoroughly enjoyed this one hour ride.
Right nearby was the Seattle Aquarium which we decided to visit. It was filled with sealife from this area. Although we see many of the same animals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, there was still entertaining to see the aquatic life. I still enjoy the otters the most and these little animals put on a show with many antics.
After the museum, it was time to find a place to eat. Many places were shut down, since this is considered off-season. But we found a fun seafood restaurant. Chris was adventurous enough to try one of the "feasts". They required 2 or more people to order this, so I joined him. They brought bibs, a butcher paper table cover and finally the large bucket of seafood: clams, mussels, shrimp, crab legs, baked potatoes, sausage, and corn on the cob was dumped right ON the table!!!. It was seafood heaven~ but still, we couldn't finish all what was in there. Afterward, we thought we would do a little souvineer shopping and were surprised to see the shops closed! 5:30 was a bit early to call it quits for the day, even in the off season, we thought. The bars, and restaurants were still going strong, so we made our way back to to home base.
So now we're relaxing in our hotel room, watching Ellory Queen DVDs. We love these guess-who-done-its! We enjoy these, although we never seem to solve it even though all the clues are shown to us.
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