December 1 -- Seattle Day 2

Space Needle

Woke up first time at 4:30. Laid in bed and finally drifted back into sleep. Woke up again at 6:30 and got up. Bonnie got up after I was done with my shower. Morning routines were accomplished then was made a couple of phone calls. The schedule today is the Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle. Had breakfast today at Dragonfish. Meal was okay. Not nearly as good as yesterday’s breakfast but then it didn’t cost nearly as much. We also got 20% off at this establishment.

Back to the hotel to take care of a few things and make some phone calls and then it was off to the Space Needle. Again we used our City Pass for this attraction. The weather was actually quite good. Mostly sunny and temperature in the 40’s. The view was quite spectacular. We could see Mt. Rainer and the top of Mt. Baker. The Cascades were off in the distance and the whole skyline of Seattle was astonishingly beautiful against the blue sky.  Of course you could look from the inside and be warm or from the outside on the deck and get better pictures. Looking down from the platform you could see the sculpture of two daddy long legs on the top of one of the buildings near the Needle. I had never noticed them before or new they were up there. It’s really a cool idea. There is a playground next to the EMP Museum that really looks fun as well. You have to actually be little to do some of the stuff else you won’t fit.

Mt Rainier and Seattle

 Next we went to the EMP (Experience Music Project) Museum. It’s a nonprofit museum dedicated to contemporary popular culture. There are many exhibit halls. They all deal with some piece of pop culture. I think there were two we did not enter, the Hello Kitty and Nirvana exhibits. I wasn’t interested in Hello Kitty and we just ran out of time for the Nirvana one.

The most interesting to me was the one on science fiction. There were many references to one of my favorite movies, Star Wars Episode IV, so what’s not to like. There were many other sci-fi references as well. The exhibit includes costumes, swords, blasters, light sabers, and many other weapons of our imagination. Short movie clips and interviews are in the exhibit which are very informative. 

Daddy Long Legs

The other exhibits I found very interesting were the horror movie hall, fantasy, the guitar (electric and acoustic), and one on Jimmy Hendrix. I learned a plethora of facts and obtained information that enriched my experience and knowledge of many of the genre on exhibit as well as much about the music of the pop culture. I highly recommend the EMP.

From the we went across the street to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Building and took in the many things this foundation is supporting from education in the United States to wiping out polio in the world. I had no idea this foundation supported so many initiatives.

I began feeling poorly late in the afternoon so we headed back to the hotel for some rest and recuperation. The evening was spent chilling in the room. We had a wonderful day seeing some of the sites of Seattle.