Caleb's parents were nice enough to take the girls for the weekend so Caleb and I could go house hunting and sight seeing with out distractions. It was nice to be back together after so long apart. We went to Seattle one day and took an underground tour of the city. It was really neat and surprisingly had a lot to do with the toilet.
There was a lot of history involved and there were pictures and our tour guide told great stories about the early days of Seattle. It was originally built at sea level but every time the tide came in it would push salt water and anything else in the sewage system back up the pipes, not pleasant. So instead of destroying and rebuilding, they just filled in the streets and buildings with rubble and turned the second story into the first story.
Old water pipe made out of wood.
Next we went to the fish market. There was was tons of stuff there and even though we didn't buy anything it was nice to walk around and look at what I wanted to look at and not be looking at the ground making sure the kids were okay the whole time.
Our final stop was the Space Needle, compared to the other sky scrapers in the area it really isn't that high, but it is a city land mark so we decided that it would be
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