Seattle Day 2 - Sea Cruise and Crab Eating
Trip Start
Feb 28, 2005
1
8
45
Trip End
Ongoing
Seattle,
Washington,
United States
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
I ate my free breakfast with some Japanese girls this morning - fried eggs on toast with fruit salad. I thought I might go on a ferry tour today as there is loads to see out on the water so I made my way down to the waterfront along the harbor steps- such a warm day, even at 9am. I walked past the massive baseball and American football stadiums and thought that I may have to go and watch a game while I am in the states. On the way I also passed the shipping port with all the massive containers, I don't know how those ships don't sink. I quickly popped in to the train station to buy my train ticket to San Fransisco and then booked my Argosy Locks Cruise for 1pm.
After a quick lunch at Starbucks (I am really against Starbucks but couldn't find anything else healthy that wasn't fish), I got on the ferry. We passed the house boat village where they are like their own little community. Each house boat was different colors and shapes, some single and some two story. I also saw the house boat that was used in the film Sleepless In Seattle though I couldn't remember seeing it in the film. We went down in the lock, going from fresh water (as it is a man-made bay) to salt water and the descent was about 16 feet - quite a lot. Out on the sea we passed some seals that live on a buoy, past the moors where there were thousands of very expensive boats and they all have their own butler type people who look after their every need. As we turned the corner we could see Mount Ranier which is a massive volcano. With the volcano and all the talk about the 'big one' (major earthquake) coming I started to feel a little uneasy! When I read the news paper the next day another volcano nearby had erupted which made me feel a little worse but if it happens, it happens! In all the cruise was about 1 and a half hours and the commentator was a young lady who was extremely interesting and informative. We docked the boat by a massive submarine which I would have liked to have gone on but it was too expensive.
In the evening I went for a Mexican at a nearby cafe, brought a couple of tops from a shop (I needed something green to wear for St Patricks Day)and returned to the hostel. I met up with Brian and Jen who are a couple that had just come back from a couple of weeks sailing trip. They convinced to me try the crab they had caught which I did. Once I could ignore the smell it actually tasted quite nice, and it was really funny watching 10 people pull the crabs apart trying to find the meat. I went to bed but couldn't get the smell of crab out of my head!
