We decided to go see the Science Fiction Museum which is at the base of the Space Needle. The structure is very modern. It was designed by Frank O. Gehry. He is the same guy that designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The Science Fiction Museum opened in 2004. The Experience Music Project which is in the same ultramodern building opened in 2000.
We also visited the Space Needle while there and took a lot of pictures of the skyline.
Diane with West Seattle in the background.
After the museums and Space Needle, we decided to tour Seattle in a Duck. They are the amphibeous vehicles from World War 2 that can run on land or sea.
While cruising the streets of Seattle in the Duck, we went by Seattle Art Museum. Outside the museum is the "Hammering Man". He is 42 feet tall and was created by Jonathan Borofsky. The sculpture is made of aluminum. The left arm holds a hammer and goes up and down. It is active every day except Labor Day. The picture is not great as it was taken through the window of the Duck.
While on Lake Union, we went by Gas Works Park. The picture below is of one of the gasification units that was used to manufacture gas from coal but when they started importing natural gas, it became obsolete.
This is the "Sleepless in Seattle" floating house from the movie. It was put on the market while we were in Seattle at an asking price of $2.5 million. Diane and I decided it would be too small for us so we didn't even bother to go look at it... Oh yeah, and it was way out of our price range.
The skyline from the lake was quite nice.
We say a lot of floating houses and house boats while traveling the lake in the Duck.
As we left the lake, the driver took a quick pass through the Fremont District but only showed a couple of the sights. We left Fremont via the Fremont Bridge and headed back to the Space Needle where the tour ended. The picture below shows the Fremont Bridge, a draw bridge, opening just after we crossed it. This apparently happens frequently during the day.
Unfortunately, this is the end of the blog and our vacation. Tomorrow, Wednesday the 30th, we fly back home.
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