We had a great time on vacation. I’m getting some of the photos online now, and thought I’d start sharing a few. Here’s a run down. As I get more done, I’ll post them. We did so many things, that I think the best way is just to walk through everything we did. Here’s a run down for now.

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Tuesday, June 12 – Dinner at Etta’s, Pike Place Market

We arrived in Seattle around 1:30p.m. We ventured down to the waterfront and found Pike Place Market, an open air market that sells a variety of things, not the least of which, is great seafood. We ate dinner at Etta’s Seafood. This was the inside of their restaurant, which had wonderful write-ups from various people who had eaten there.

And my martini that I enjoyed here... :)

They were right, it was wonderful. I had the salmon dinner, which the restaurant was excels in. It’s a spice-rubbed, pit-roasted Alaskan King Salmon, served with shiitakes and custardy corn bread pudding. The salmon was wonderful, but I can’t even find the words to describe the corn bread pudding. You will just have to go there yourself and experience it.

A few other photos of Pike Place Market...

We did this together. For the next few days, Kent was in conferences, and I was on my own.

Wednesday, June 13 – Locks Cruise

I took what they call the “Locks Cruise”. It’s called this because during the course of this two hour cruise, we pass through a lock system that ends up on Lake Union. From there, we took a ten minute bus trip back to where the cruise started. I was a beautiful cruise – just getting out on Puget Sound with all the sea air with breath taking views looking back towards Seattle.

My cousin, who lives in Idaho was vacationing in the area, and we made arrangements to meet at my hotel for a couple of hours of visiting before dinner. It was the first time I had met her new husband.

Here are a few photos from that day.

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