We went to Seattle with very few plans. We had ideas of the things we wanted to do but no schedule. We also decided not to set an alarm in the morning. It worked out really well. The one thing I don't like about vacations is how tiring they are running from one place to another.
Jill had a friend from her mission that lives in Seattle who met up with us and drove us around which was nice. We walked down to Pike Place Market to meet up with Leslie and while waiting for her we went to a fish stand. They just happened to be throwing fish around while we were waiting it was pretty fun.
After Leslie got there we went to do the underground tour which basically boils down to the history of how Seattle came to be the city that it is. When it was first settled they built too close to the tide and had problems with sewage (they also had the first flushing toilets.) Then the city burnt completely down with no one being killed and they all got to start over the right way by building everything higher, but they left the original buildings so that is why there is still the underground. I also learned that by taxing hookers and other people breaking the law is how Seattle got their money in the beginning. It was pretty interesting. That first picture of the guy on the wall...I forget who he is but I thought he looked like Brigham Young.:)
More to come on the second half of Day2 another time.
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