Seattle Day 1

While being in Seattle we have had the chance to do many things. For one I did over come my fear of heights by going up the 520 ft Space Needle. Though I was in a closed elevator shaft going upward into the sky the whole thought of actually going up scared me. There was a beautiful scenery once we got to the top I planted my feet firmly on the floor below me so I could get over the adrenaline rush. There will be quite many on this trip and I can’t wait. We also went to this SkyCity Arts Centre and it was like one huge outdoor art festival with many different things to do. Walking up and down the streets of Seattle you have more of an incline then you would in Humble, Tx. I loved it though and Seattle is like a place I wouldn’t mind moving to. So many people are free spirited there, are able to be them self. It was a peaceful area and the entertainment was awesome. There was this guy who created a whole drum set. He attached two D’jimbe drums together in between and there was a milk crate with two foot peddles on either side. He attached some sort of wires to is feet so with each step he made whether it was his left foot or his right foot he would make one of the drums sound off. As he did that he played the harmonica and the banjo. It was pretty cool to see what one musician was trying to do to make a little extra cash on the side. There was this tortoise that was walking around giving out free advertisement for his owner’s business. If you were to take the card you’d get a free tour from the Reptile Man. I thought it was horrible at how someone could make the tortoise walk around like that especially when people were poking at him and trying to touch his legs.

Then we got to see a dog jumping competition. The entry fee was gong to raise awareness of an illness a lot of dogs tend to get [I don’t remember the name of the illness, but I don’t think it was cancer.] The owner of the dogs would put them on the platform, encourage them to run and grab the bar. If they grabbed the bar that meant that they were still in for the next round. If they didn’t then they were automatically out of the competition. Many people were doing this with their dogs. I thought personally about how cool it was for people to be able to do this because if you think about it you have to wonder…. “How long did it take someone to train his or her dog to jump that high?” It was pretty awesome. We walked around the SkyCity Arts Centre for a bit before I realized the time change and it was nearly 8pm. My stomach was growling and I wanted to eat so my mum and I settled on Center House Bistro & Bar. Here I had an AMAZING salad, and I also had an AMAZING Portabella Grilled Mushroom Sandwich on some sort of Italian bread that I can’t remember at this time, but when I do I will let you all know. I was going to take a picture of it, but since the camera was dying I wasn’t able to get a picture of the dinner I had.