Today we did Seattle. Gee was it cold!!! The high for the day was 68 degrees. Frances had a jacket but she was still cold. All I had was short sleeves. I bought her a sweater and I bought myself a light jacket. Those are hard to find items in the middle of July. I ask the guy in one of the shops if it’s always this cold around this time of year. He says it gets hot in August but it’s usually warmer than it was today.
We went to the Pike Place Market. It’s one of the places you often see in pictures of Seattle. They sell lots of fresh fruits and veggies there along with fresh fish. Just follow your nose and you can find the fish vendors. One fish shop puts on a show for the visitors. They let people hold the fish while friends or family take pictures. Then when someone chooses a fish to buy, they toss it to they guys behind the counter to fillet and wrap it. We walked through the place and then went into the retail center of town to find something warm. Later we decided to go to the Seattle Aquarium. We figured that it would be inside and warm. Parts of it were outside and they were doing some construction on another part and had some large doors open. It wasn’t but a few degrees warmer than outside but at least the wind wasn’t quite as bad.
We headed back to the hotel, ready to crash. See you tomorrow when we board the Empire Builder.