photos: trip to washington

here are a few pictures from my trip to washington! oddly enough, i didn't take any pictures of my grandmother or her house.  i could kick myself for it, but i think it was because i just never thought of it.  i was content to sit and watch her play card games on the computer and tease her about being "steely stell the card shark."  and for some reason i just never thought to pick up my camera.  sigh.  that just means i'll have to go back soon. pictures below the cut!

 the seattle skyline from I-5.

the space needle!

 and views from the space needle!

after the space needle, we went to pike place market.  (i want to live here.)

we wandered around and looked at pretty things, then had lunch.  we had a starter of fresh calamari in a tomato cream sauce, then clam chowder, then i had crab cakes.  best seafood ever.  oh my goodness.  plus, the view out the window while we ate was absolutely gorgeous.

on sunday, my brother and i went to visit my grandfather's grave.

i'll post more cemetery pictures in another post, so as not to spam too much.  on the way home, i caught a glimpse of mount saint helen, as well as what i believe to be mt. hood.  they were quite majestic, peeking above the clouds like they were. the top of mount saint helen is that little dip in the middle of the below photo.

ah, i want to go back soon.  now would be nice, i think.  sigh!