Seattle Honeymoon – Day 2

We walked over to the Seattle Center, and you know what? for a place that has a few different tourist attractions, there didn’t seem to be too many folks around. The carnival-like game seats were empty to the point that we noticed the guy working one playing the game itself because there was no one there. It might get busier during the night time, but we were glad that it wasn’t in the afternoon.

We were glad to have walked; it made lunch and a smoothie a whole lot more enjoyable. We stopped by the Science Fiction Museum and although we managed to take a few shots outside and in the lobby/entrance, we were not allowed to take a camera — we were bummed about it. Still it was fun to see how very much Star Wars dominated the place; of course there were other bits and pieces from movies and shows like “Star Trek”, “Buck Rogers”, “Blade Runner”, “Alien” etc.. One of my favorite parts was a display of original science fiction book cover art and a few of Ralph McQuarrie’s original Star Wars concept paintings.

We also got to check out the “Experience Music Project” — a museum housing items that go back to the early 19th century. I was surprise to know that Seattle had quite a happening Jazz scene, and that bands like Heart and TKO had their start here in Seattle. We were definately tired by the time we were done, but the museum was a bit interactive and we stood in a booth playing/banging a half drum machine — rather Beth stood by while broke one of the drum sticks while I banged away. I was impressed — and told Beth it was good — by a graffiti mural set up to look like it was painted on a New York style subway, maybe Seattle graffiti isn’t as bad as we thought.

The weather was a bit hotter on our way back so we stopped by to cool off our feet, but it was still nicer than expected.

We didn’t go up the needle, so we will definitely be back to visit the needle before the week is over. We are having so much of fun!

Happy honeymooning to us!