Pike Market

Today we went down to Seattle to check out Pike's Market. Downtown Seattle driving is like driving in SF only I was lost most of the time. Well I guess it is like driving in SF after all. After driving past the Market's parking entrance three or four times, actually I'm not really sure how many times because I may not have seen it on a couple of passes, I was finally able to get into the entrance and get parked.

We keep running into these pigs........

And quilt shops!

The market reminded me of the old Swans Market in downtown Oakland, CA. that my mom use to shop at occasionally. It took up a city block, a big building housing numerous merchant stalls. Pike's Market is vary similar only it's lay out is long and narrow.

Beautiful produce

And fresh fish. Note the size of the 'Tails' at the lower left

After walking up and down the market we walked down to Pioneer Square and went on the Underground City tour. The water front area was raised about thirty feet leaving the ground floors of the building underground. The second floors became the new street level.

The crazy part is the city raised the streets by building retaining walls thirty feet high along the curbs and left the sidewalk along with the storefronts at there original level. Ladders were installed at the ends of the blocks to climb up to the new street level. There apparently were numerous accidents as people and horses fell off the street and down to the sidewalk before the sidewalks were raised. At least that was what our tour guide related to us.


After the tour we found a unique pub and had lunch. We had what they called an Irish Boxty, a potato pancake filled with steak, onions, mushrooms and other stuff and covered with gravy. Yum!

We both did well walking today but stairs started to slow us down as well as up hills, which there are a lot of in Seattle. It wasn't until we got back to the rig that we started to notice sore knees and hips. Guess we need to walk the cat more often.