This morning, after a leisurely breakfast at the KOA in Kent, we headed to the Museum of Flight and spent a few hours meandering through the Great Gallery before our IMAX film started. Just prior to the movie, I thought that this was really small for such a highly acclaimed museum, so I decided to actually look at the map and learned that we had covered only about twenty percent of the museum. After the film, we walked fairly briskly through the remaining eighty percent of the museum. It was very cool and we were allowed to walk through a bunch of the aircraft, including a retired Air Force One, a Concorde, a Dreamliner, and the first 747 ever produced. By the end, we started dragging and decided it was time for lunch at Dick's Drive-In.
For those of you not steeped in the late 1980's Seattle rap scene, "Dick's is the place where the cool hang out, the swass like to play, and the rich flaunt clout." The burger stand was mentioned in Sir Mix-a-Lot's 1988 Posse on Broadway, so of course we had to go see it. Not only was it still there, it still seemed to be a happening place.
After lunch we headed to Pioneer Square for Bill Speidel's Underground Tour "through intriguing subterranean storefronts and sidewalks entombed when the city rebuilt on top of itself after the Great Fire of 1889." Although I have been to Seattle before and have heard that this was an interesting tour, I have never done it before. It was intriguing indeed, though being a nerd, I wished that there was more history to be shared instead of the attempts at humor offered by the tour guides.
We made it back to Pike Place Market for some much needed crepes before heading back to Pioneer Square for dinner. We walked past the Gum Wall, a sign for which was posted at the Pike's Place Market. I thought that if it had a sign, it was worth seeing. A tip for those of you who have not seen it: it is gross and just about made me lose my appetite. Just about. We had dinner at Merchant's Cafe and Saloon, Seattle's oldest restaurant. It was founded in 1890 just after the Great Fire of 1889 when the city was rebuilt of stone and brick instead of wood. Nothing special, just some pub grub before we headed back to the RV park where the kids swam and I sat with an evening cigar to write this blog. That's it for today, more adventures tomorrow.
- Dave
For those of you not steeped in the late 1980's Seattle rap scene, "Dick's is the place where the cool hang out, the swass like to play, and the rich flaunt clout." The burger stand was mentioned in Sir Mix-a-Lot's 1988 Posse on Broadway, so of course we had to go see it. Not only was it still there, it still seemed to be a happening place.
After lunch we headed to Pioneer Square for Bill Speidel's Underground Tour "through intriguing subterranean storefronts and sidewalks entombed when the city rebuilt on top of itself after the Great Fire of 1889." Although I have been to Seattle before and have heard that this was an interesting tour, I have never done it before. It was intriguing indeed, though being a nerd, I wished that there was more history to be shared instead of the attempts at humor offered by the tour guides.
- Dave
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