We had missed the Klondike Gold Rush Museum and Pioneer square due to scheduling closure a few days ago. We purchased tickets for the Space needle for a morning ride, not thinking that there was fog here. But that was our first stop. We were a bit early so we stopped at a cute little French bakery and had some coffee and delicious pastries. The fog didn’t lift but we had tickets that were to refundable, so we headed up to the top.
The elevator ride is like 49 seconds and the operator was funny trying to describe the surroundings before he said “and from here on up it’s fog”. We chuckled. The views were nonexistent, but the tower was pretty cool with its rotating floor. We could see enough of the ground to make out the area and tried to locate Howie, but I had parked where threes blocked our view. Oh well.
We made the best of it. At the bottom they had these pies that they sold that were delicious. Kathy had a ham and cheese and I had a huckleberry and peach. We watched the people around the base and took some cool pictures of the needle.
We returned to Howie, walked the pups again, and then drove the se real miles to the NP site. It was cool that we had visited the site in Skagway and Dyea in Alaska and had traveled to Dawson City prior to visiting this. It really gives us a perspective of these early travelers and what they accomplished. Just the supply list they had to procure for a years travel is astonishing. These gold rushers hauled these supplies up and over the pass and into the Canadian interior by hand mostly. Crazy.
We found an interesting bar called The Underground on the way back to the truck and stopped for a beer. Turns out this is a burlesque show bar in the evenings. The deco was fun and we enjoyed the break with a beverage. Howie and the pups were waiting and we had to get out of Seattle and head to Olympic NP.
I goofed on the way and headed to the ranger station but thinking there were no campgrounds. We got there a bit late and missed our stamps. I fund a campground 45 minutes away and we got a spot at the south beach campsite. It was a long day of travel today, about 11 hours.
Here are some additional photos for the day.
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