A Quick Trip to Seattle

Ever since Mike got a job with Boeing in Everett Washington, we tried to plan a trip to visit them in their new apartment. After a few false starts, we finally picked this weekend. Unfortunately, it started snowing Thursday - the day we took off. It really only had one stretch that was a raining and snowing, but the rest was clear sailing - if you didn't mind some snow on the road. We spent the night in Yakima and took off early the next morning. I would have been about a 3 hour drive, but just as we got to Snoqualmie Pass, they decided they needed to do some avalanche prevention, so they shut down I90 for about an hour.


The I90 parking lot. 

After the brief stop on I90, we made it to Everett and Mike and Meghan's apartment. After the tour of their place, we headed over to Boeing and got a tour of the world's largest building - where they build the 747, 767, 777 and soon the 787. It was very interesting and indeed the building is huge! Mike is working on designing and testing the landing gear for the 787. Then Saturday we headed to Seattle and a visit to Pike Place Market.


Where crabs live. 


The tour group. 

Pike Place Market is a very colorful place - both visually and people-wise.


We floundered around for a while looking at all the fish. 


Colorful fresh fruits and vegetables. 


What are fat crabs? Are they good or bad? 

After our visit to the market, we headed back to Everett to prepare a crab feast. We even invited Candi Coe up to help us eat. Boy was it goooood!


Four huge crabs for five people. Yum!