We were all up by 6:30 and started packing everything. Of course, now we all have more than we started with so everything is very full.
Becky and I went down to the lobby to check our flights for tomorrow on the computer. We also ordered tickets for the Seattle Duck Rides for later this morning. We picked up the luggage cart and headed back upstairs. I guess we were still tired or were talking too much. Becky pushed the elevator button for our floor. The door opened and she said, "This doesn't look right, did I push the wrong button?" And she pushed the lobby button again. As the door shut, we looked at each other and realized we screwed up. We were right where we were supposed to be. So we rode down to the lobby again. Thankfully when the doors opened no one was waiting to get on and we just went back up to our floor.
Anyway, we loaded up the cart and left for downstairs. As Mom and I checked us out, Becky started hauling "stuff" to the car. Mom bought 3 waters and set them down along side of her on the window seat to wait for Becky. When Becky got back we picked up everything else and locked it into the car in the garage. Then we walked to our bus stop and headed to the Space Needle and Duck ride. (We had already paid for 24 hours so there was no point in moving the car and paying another parking fee.)
We were a little early for our ride so we went across the street and had breakfast at McDonalds. (I think it was at this point that Mom remembered the 3 bottles of water on the window seat.) Again, it's a pretty nice looking day but a little cooler. We headed back to wait for our "duck." Our drivers name was Rocky Bottoms and he had a weird sense of humor. He gave us the safety talk about the life jackets above our heads because we are going to go into the water. Then he said that as the captain he had a special life jacket and he got out a child's inflatable inner tube that had the head of a duck on it.
He had recorded music for every one of his lines. We saw a woman walking a dog down the street and he played "Who Let the Dogs Out" - none of these songs are quiet either. He told about the time when Elvis was filming some movie in town and took his pink Cadillac to the car wash we were driving by now. Elvis stood on the corner singing while his car was being washed, so we had Elvis music for awhile. He played John Denver's "Country Roads" because Becky was from Montana.
When we got to the water, he came to a complete stop. He had to put his shower cap on because he might get wet. And, as we entered the water he played "Rubber Ducky." While we were in the water he talked about different landmarks. There were several ships/boats that are in the show "Deadliest Catch" and are fishing different waters right now and I think one was in dry dock for repairs (Rocky played song from
Jaws). We also went by the houseboat that was in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" and we listened to that theme song.
As we left the water he was telling us about Seattle often being referred to as th
e Emerald City so naturally we got "Off to see the Wizard." Then we rode through Pioneer Square. He told us the story of the totem pole in the square. "Someone" stole this totem pole from a tribe in Alaska. Years later a tribe member found it in Seattle and the tribe charged the city of Seattle a whopping $20,000. They did pay for it then. At some point, another "someone" accidentally burned down the totem pole. But, Seattle had the receipt for it, so the tribe in Alaska built them another one; so the moral of the story is 'always keep your receipt' - I don't think we had a song with that one.
As we headed back to the starting point Rocky put on his hard hat so we could all sing along to "YMCA." We pulled into the yard and he said he wanted to play something so we would all remember him. You guessed it, the theme song from the movie, "Rocky."
I thought it was a fun ride, I knew all the words to all the songs. Mom thought it was a little too corny. For $20 we could have had a picture of the 3 of us that really turned out pretty good but none of us wanted an 8x10 picture.
We walked across the street to the Space Needle. Becky stopped at the Science Museum to see if it was anything Flynt might like for another time. Then we headed for the Needle. It's a nice ride up in the glass elevator. We went out on the Observation Deck - it was windy and very cool. We were all wearing shorts and no coats, so a little too cool and we didn't stay long. It was a little overcast but we still had a great view of everything and g
ot decent pictures. Mt. Rainer is awesome. They took another picture of the 3 of us. This one was only $14.95 and 5x7 but the background was blurry so we passed on that one also.
So now we got on the bus back to the parking garage. Mom & I headed to the garage and Becky wanted to ask someone at the Moore what was the best way out of town. Mom told her to ask about the water. When Becky got back she had one bottle of water. The lady at the desk said none were turned in and she really couldn't give us 3 but she would be happy to give us at least one.
Becky was driving us to the Ramada at the airport for our flight tomorrow morning. Our vacation was done and we wanted Becky to get on her way as soon as she could. She was getting antsy and we knew Dan would like her back ASAP too. So we checked in to the Ramada but then went to a nearby Denny's for a last meal which was the most uninspiring meal of our trip. But we figured out who owed what for this trip, settled up and Becky was on her way by 3 p.m.
Becky and I went down to the lobby to check our flights for tomorrow on the computer. We also ordered tickets for the Seattle Duck Rides for later this morning. We picked up the luggage cart and headed back upstairs. I guess we were still tired or were talking too much. Becky pushed the elevator button for our floor. The door opened and she said, "This doesn't look right, did I push the wrong button?" And she pushed the lobby button again. As the door shut, we looked at each other and realized we screwed up. We were right where we were supposed to be. So we rode down to the lobby again. Thankfully when the doors opened no one was waiting to get on and we just went back up to our floor.
Anyway, we loaded up the cart and left for downstairs. As Mom and I checked us out, Becky started hauling "stuff" to the car. Mom bought 3 waters and set them down along side of her on the window seat to wait for Becky. When Becky got back we picked up everything else and locked it into the car in the garage. Then we walked to our bus stop and headed to the Space Needle and Duck ride. (We had already paid for 24 hours so there was no point in moving the car and paying another parking fee.)
We were a little early for our ride so we went across the street and had breakfast at McDonalds. (I think it was at this point that Mom remembered the 3 bottles of water on the window seat.) Again, it's a pretty nice looking day but a little cooler. We headed back to wait for our "duck." Our drivers name was Rocky Bottoms and he had a weird sense of humor. He gave us the safety talk about the life jackets above our heads because we are going to go into the water. Then he said that as the captain he had a special life jacket and he got out a child's inflatable inner tube that had the head of a duck on it.
He had recorded music for every one of his lines. We saw a woman walking a dog down the street and he played "Who Let the Dogs Out" - none of these songs are quiet either. He told about the time when Elvis was filming some movie in town and took his pink Cadillac to the car wash we were driving by now. Elvis stood on the corner singing while his car was being washed, so we had Elvis music for awhile. He played John Denver's "Country Roads" because Becky was from Montana.
When we got to the water, he came to a complete stop. He had to put his shower cap on because he might get wet. And, as we entered the water he played "Rubber Ducky." While we were in the water he talked about different landmarks. There were several ships/boats that are in the show "Deadliest Catch" and are fishing different waters right now and I think one was in dry dock for repairs (Rocky played song from
Jaws). We also went by the houseboat that was in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" and we listened to that theme song.As we left the water he was telling us about Seattle often being referred to as th
e Emerald City so naturally we got "Off to see the Wizard." Then we rode through Pioneer Square. He told us the story of the totem pole in the square. "Someone" stole this totem pole from a tribe in Alaska. Years later a tribe member found it in Seattle and the tribe charged the city of Seattle a whopping $20,000. They did pay for it then. At some point, another "someone" accidentally burned down the totem pole. But, Seattle had the receipt for it, so the tribe in Alaska built them another one; so the moral of the story is 'always keep your receipt' - I don't think we had a song with that one.As we headed back to the starting point Rocky put on his hard hat so we could all sing along to "YMCA." We pulled into the yard and he said he wanted to play something so we would all remember him. You guessed it, the theme song from the movie, "Rocky."
I thought it was a fun ride, I knew all the words to all the songs. Mom thought it was a little too corny. For $20 we could have had a picture of the 3 of us that really turned out pretty good but none of us wanted an 8x10 picture.
We walked across the street to the Space Needle. Becky stopped at the Science Museum to see if it was anything Flynt might like for another time. Then we headed for the Needle. It's a nice ride up in the glass elevator. We went out on the Observation Deck - it was windy and very cool. We were all wearing shorts and no coats, so a little too cool and we didn't stay long. It was a little overcast but we still had a great view of everything and g
ot decent pictures. Mt. Rainer is awesome. They took another picture of the 3 of us. This one was only $14.95 and 5x7 but the background was blurry so we passed on that one also.So now we got on the bus back to the parking garage. Mom & I headed to the garage and Becky wanted to ask someone at the Moore what was the best way out of town. Mom told her to ask about the water. When Becky got back she had one bottle of water. The lady at the desk said none were turned in and she really couldn't give us 3 but she would be happy to give us at least one.
Becky was driving us to the Ramada at the airport for our flight tomorrow morning. Our vacation was done and we wanted Becky to get on her way as soon as she could. She was getting antsy and we knew Dan would like her back ASAP too. So we checked in to the Ramada but then went to a nearby Denny's for a last meal which was the most uninspiring meal of our trip. But we figured out who owed what for this trip, settled up and Becky was on her way by 3 p.m.
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