Seattle - Bainbridge Ferry

One of the fun things our Duck Tour guide mentioned, was the Bainbridge Ferry. It is a giant car and person Ferry that goes back and forth to Bainbridge Island across Elliot Bay. It was the one overcast day on the 4-day Seattle trip. I didn't take as many pics as I normally would have because I forgot to charge my camera battery the night before.

Bainbridge Island reminded me a lot of New England. The buildings were cottage-like. Nothing about Bainbridge really reminded me of Seattle. After getting off the ferry, we just walked a half mile into town.









Bainbridge Island City Hall


Cute little shopping district

Seattle- Underground Tour

While on the Duck Tour, our guide pointed out a line of people in Pioneer Square and said they were there for the Underground Tour. In the 1800's Seattle was originally built on the low salt flats and it was a really bad place for sewage and other purposes. One night, there was an accidental fire that burned 25 city blocks. The city officials decided they wanted to rebuild the city the proper way at an elevated level. Business owners didn't like the rebuild plan because they were told it would take 10 years and they didn't want to wait, so they started rebuilding their businesses at the original lower land level. The city owned the land in between the businesses for roads and sidewalks, so they rebuilt the roads at the elevated level of about 15 feet above the businesses. So when you wanted to shop in Seattle, you had to get out of your car and climb down a ladder to go to the shops and businesses.

Long story short, some of the underground areas still exist as Seattle was eventually fully rebuilt at the elevated level.

Click Here to learn more about the Underground Tour on Wikipedia.


This is the start of the Underground Tour. It was pretty much like being in a really old basement.


Old-time bathroom.



This was probably the most interesting thing to see on the tour. This is one original wall decoration left.


A lot of the tour just looked like rubble. The story about the city was more interesting than what was left to see and walk through.



A picture of the wooden building city before the fire that destroyed it.




An old saw.



The views though some tiles on the sidewalk above.


The same sidewalk tiles from above ground.


Merchants Cafe is Seattle's oldest restaurant - est.1890

Seattle- Glassblowing

While walking from the Experience Museum Project to downtown, we walked by a neat looking glassblowing studio. We stopped in to look at the store and found that there was glassblowing going on in the back.




Here are some videos that I got of the actual glassblowing.

Seattle- Experience Music Project

You probably thought I was done posting Seattle pics.....ha! not even close! I've just been busy at work.... and therefore lazy when I get home ;)

In the same building as the Science Fiction Museum is the Experience Music Project. It is a museum mixed with some interactive/learning rooms.


Michael Jackson outfit


Jimi Hendrix outfit


Busted up Hendrix guitars


Jimi Hendrix handwritten lyrics




There was a room that went in chronological order of the history or guitars. It was awesome. Pardon the blurriness of my pics. It was a dark room and flash photos were prohibited.












This was Kurt Cobain's guitar from the Smell like Teen Spirit video. His band Nirvana was from Seattle.


This was Eric Clapton's guitar from "Layla".







A quick video of the entrance display. Some of the instruments had moving pieces that moved on their own.