PacNW - Day 8

Day 8! Our final day!

So we learned the day before that parking in Seattle sucks. It's expensive and it's not all that easy to come by - it typically is about $4 for the first 30 minutes to hour. So we did some research and found out that if we got there before 9:30 am you got the early bird special! So not wanting to pay $20 for parking for the day we went early so we only had to pay $10 - I recommend doing this if you plan to spend the whole day down there.

So we got there early and at the time of day we arrived the vendors were still setting up for the day. Which was fun to see the vendors with set spots getting their fish, flowers, fruits and other products set out of the day. It was also interesting to see vendors who just show up jockey for spaces to sell their goods....it brought me back to my old craft show days!!

Once everything was setup we enjoyed some apple fritters and watched the guys of Pikes Place Fish Market make a laugh. Those guys are hilarious, certainly worth stopping at the market to just see them. Brian of course drooled over the crab the whole entire time!

I could not resist taking a picture of this book....

After the morning browsing the market we headed off to the Seattle Aquarium. I'd say it isn't necessarily the BEST aquarium, but I believe that is just due to the fact that they had a lot of Pacific Fish to show off - which really aren't that colorful/exciting. They did however have a Giant Octopus, Seals, and a very nice Caribbean Fish section. Needless we kept coming back to the aquarium to just sit and watch the fish since we were downtown most the day it was nice to have a quiet place (despite what seemed like hundreds of kids) to sit down and just watch fish.

Throughout the day we spent time walking around Seattle, we visited Pioneer Square a bit - which wasn't too exciting, but they did have many nice shops. We walked the pier and saw ferries go in and out along with many cruise ships.

We wrapped the evening up with the best meal of the whole trip. So even before we left we had planned our meal location in Seattle - the Crab Pot. If you love Seafood and you love crab, the Crab Pot is the spot for you! They have on the menu 4 different feast. We chose to go for the biggest - "The Alaskan". The Alaskan included King Crab, Dungeness Crab, Snow Crab, Shrimp in the Shell, Steamed Clams, Pacific Mussels, and Audouille sausage, corn on the cob, and red potatoes in their jackets. The food was amazing and we finished every last piece. Needless to say I believe eating at the crab pot was probably one of the favorite parts of the trip for Brian.

Once we finished dinner we headed back to the hotel to pack for the early morning flight the next day. Once we returned home we immediately missed the cool and low humidity weather of the Pacific Northwest but were still happy to be home to see the kitties and the pup!