new place = new adventures

we've been in the seattle area for a little over a week now, but have found plenty of time for new adventures. we know the area is still new to us, but during our first road trip out to port townsend, wa on brooke's birthday last saturday, we both looked each other in the eye, smiled, and confirmed that we could live in this area for a loooong time.

brooke was so excited to take the ferry across the puget sound from seattle to bainbridge island... we then drove up to port townsend from there. he's on his phone taking birthday calls the whole morning.

here we are in port townsend, washington. it was a beautiful 70 degree, sunny day!

port townsend is a small victorian town, but there are many places along the sea of old factory buildings. here is one of our favorites!

today we took the bus downtown to seattle. we met a few interesting characters, as is usual in busy cities. we particularly got a good laugh out of this pan-handler (on far right) with the sign that reads:

'MY FATHER WAS KILLED BY NINJAS. NEED MONEY FOR KARATE LESSONS.'

and this dude, who was on a total 'vision quest.' we discovered him next to a stage set up within pike place market of a local jazz band. this hippy was totally feelin' the groove. he made me smile....he's just lovin' life.

another gorgeous day in seattle. we spent most of the day in pike place market. there is a beautiful variety of cultures out here in the pacific nw.

lookin' over the sound.


here's brooke, waiting for the bus?....or maybe he's waiting for me to catch up from taking random pictures.


ahhh....the famed seattle space needle. we have yet to travel up it, maybe we'll save it for a clear day when we can view mt. ranier, AKA 'The Mountain' as it's known around here. it's pretty big.


we took the monorail from downtown seattle to seattle center, to check out the space needle, EMP (Experience Music Project) and to see what else was in that area.


back to pike place market for dinner and sunset. we love the buildings around this old part of town.


a great evening in a wonderful city.