Seattle except for Star Wars

We ended up in Seattle last month. Ostensibly we were there to see a Star Wars exhibit, although I thought it was Mike's idea and he thought it was my idea and it wasn't until afterwards, when we were out of sorts and exhausted, that we wondered how the trip ever got planned in the first place. Nevertheless, we were there.

The first order of business is always to break out the smoothies, because heaven knows we packed a cooler-full since a city like Seattle wouldn't have food.

We booked a kids suite, which meant they had their own bedroom with Toy Story bunkbeds. Dean told everyone afterwards that we went to Seattle to see bunkbeds. And elevators. Dean slept on the bottom bunk; he fell out one night and got trapped next to the wall the next night. We took the ladder away so that he wouldn't try to climb it in the dark. We also barricaded the door to their room so they couldn't come out and interrupt our precious quiet time. The best way to vacation with small children is to lock them in another room.

We did some waterfront wandering, and found a little arcade.

Air hockey time!

 

The next day we went to the Pacific Science Center. After seeing Star Wars, we saw the rest of the place.

Dean moves a giant granite ball with the power of his mind. Look what a nice, sunny (freezing) day it was!

Scott and Random Boy piloted a space ship.

They had a butterfly exhibit that Scott loved. He's holding up the butterfly guide to show all the different kinds of butterflies.

Dean gets an assist to see into the higher branches.

If you want a butterfly to land on your hand, you must hold your hand out like so, and stand very still.

If you want a butterfly to land on your chin, you must be Mike.

The center also had a dinosaur room with some old-school animatronic dinosaurs. Plus a giant dinosaur footprint.

Two adorable children could easily be trampled by a Duckbill foot. That's the takeaway lesson, right?

 

Not at all unexpectedly, a few hours later the rain came pouring down. That didn't Scott from shooting water cannons, though.

On our way out of town the next day, we stopped at the zoo. And by "our way out of town," I mean that I forgot to bring our specially-purchased map of Seattle, and was hoping to rely on freeway signs to find the zoo, but it turns out they aren't prominently featured northbound so we missed it by several miles and then had to backtrack and as usual, with my navigating, it took twice as long as it should have. When will Mike learn not to leave me in charge?

So, we didn't have a ton of time to see the whole zoo.

We saw sleeping kitties!

And a wise old man.

Scott rode a kimodo dragon (not actual size) (not actual dragon).

Then we drove home and vowed never to leave home again, until we drove to Portland the following month.

Comments

[Lwin's]

Sounds fun, and exhausting!

[Yumans]

Looks like a super-fun trip! What hotel did you stay at? The Seattle Zoo komodo dragon statue is way more cool than the one at the Phoenix Zoo.

We anxiously await the Star Wars exhibit account. Don't leave us in suspense too long...