On Sunday, we spent some more time at the Pike Place Market, and had a blast! We split a "Vermont" crumpet covered in maple butter, cream cheese, and nuts. It was absolutely delicious! We enjoyed watching fish and crab being thrown about, tasted salmon jerky, then tasted and bought some garlic and pepper smoked salmon. It will make some delicious sandwiches! We admired some beautiful flower bouquets, and wished we had a place to keep them. We bought half a dozen assorted mini donuts to nibble on as we walked. They were hot, fresh, powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, or sprinkled donuts. Yum! Eventually, we stopped and ate a wonderful grinder and the best, freshly made cannoli we have ever had for lunch. We also bought a handful of clams and mussels to steam, and later bought some assorted small new potatoes and baby artichokes. Those will make a great dinner! We stopped at a bakery and got several different kinds of cookies and sweets. We also went to a Russian deli, but they were out of pierogis. We were so disappointed. Guess we'll just have to return tomorrow!
We returned to the motel worn out from the walking and eating! We spent the evening working on our scrapbook until we ran out of gluesticks. It is really fun to put the pages together and remember the fun we have had so far.
We woke up this morning and had some delicious bakery items and donuts for breakfast from the market yesterday. A great way to start the day! We headed back to Pike Place Market to see if there were pierogies today. Success!! We got some potato and cheese ones freshly made for us, served with spiced shredded carrots, and a salad of beets, potatoes, and cabbage in a vinagrette. It was divine!
From there we headed out into the crazy world of the Washington freeway system where slow moving trucks drive in the left lane. (Yes, the fast lane). Where sometimes the carpool lane is on the right. Where there are left exits and right exits, you just have to know (or have a gps tell you) which side your exit is on. The good thing is that people actually let you in to a lane when you signal, for the most part.
Our first stop today was the Freemont Troll. It is a sculpture of a troll under a bridge. It took some doing to get to because of construction, but we made it! The troll was much larger than we had imagined. His fingers were almost as big as me! We took our pictures there, then watched some grandparents take pictures of their grandchild with the troll while we ate our lunch.
Next we headed to the Microsoft Visitor's Center. They have on exhibit the founder's of Microsoft as they were back in the 1970's in Albuquerque, and as they are today. Only Bill Gates stayed with the company, and is today still involved with it, although on a lesser scale than he used to be. They had many early technological inventions on display, like the vcr, the cell phone, the tv, the desk top computer, the camera, the walkman, and more. These were compared to today's products. It was very interesting to see. We also had a lot of fun with their newer inventions on display. We played video games with Kinect, and other games too. They had a fun screen that was flat like a table top that was touch sensitive that we also played with. After a tour through their gift shop, we left feeling excited and geeky.
From there we headed to Snoqualmie Falls Park to see the waterfall. It was a beautiful drive. The skies were gray, but so clear we could see the mountains covered in snow, and it was such a pretty sight. When we arrived at the falls we could hear the rushing sound of the falls. We walked to the observation platforms and gasped at the sight. It is an awesome waterfall! The mist was coating us in a soft spray that was cold and wet, but made the experience magnificent! There is a lot of construction around the falls right now. They are building a new hydroelectric plant at the top of the falls. Also, they are rebuilding the trails and the lower part of the park. But we got to see the falls! I can't wait to show you the pictures!
We stopped in a little town for some yummy bacon cheeseburgers and fries at the local drive in! Their sign said they specialize in grease, salt, sugar, and caffeine! Signs like that would never go over in So Cal would they! We had a good laugh while we enjoyed our dinner!
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