Tales from My Trip to Seattle: Day Two

Today I’m going to continue my travelogue of my families summer trip to Seattle Washington.

Day two of our trip to Seattle started off with a morning walk of Alki Beach. My wife is a big fan of romantic comedies, and one of her favorites is "Sleepless in Seattle". Alki Beach is where Tom Hanks character, and his son in the movie, move to after the passing of his wife. I didn't see this movie until the pandemic, but when I saw it I mentioned how much I liked the beach town. This was the only invitation my wife needed to set up a morning walk along the beach, and then some lunch while we were out there. The drive to Alki Beach was beautiful. I found myself really enjoying the rolling hills littered throughout the city. It was akin to a roller coaster. And the houses were beautiful. I don't know much about architecture, but I know what I like and these houses struck my fancy. After we parked and got out, the weather was, again, perfect. It was a little overcast and about 60 degrees. We started to walk on the beach and I instantly recognized some stuff they shot for the movie. There were also a ton of seagulls, which I have grown a little fond of the older I get. The beach was great. There were sand dunes throughout, the water felt nice, most of the beach was rock so my son and I got to skip stones and it had an overall comforting feel. The kids decided to stay on the beach a little longer, so my wife and I got some time just for the two of us to walk and chat, which was greatly appreciated. The further down we walked the more art I noticed on and around the street. The artwork in Seattle is rad. There's all kinds of cool pieces throughout the city and Alki Beach was no exception. We also came across a little Statue of Liberty, which was donated to Seattle in the 90's. It was pretty cool, I read the plaque and we showed the kiddos. We walked into a surf shop. This is where we met Surfer Dave. He owned the shop. He was one of the nicest people I've ever encountered. He gave us some history of the town, poked fun at Missouri which I got a kick out of, and at the end of our visit he gave us a proper welcome. He blew into a conch shell, said our names and welcomed us to Seattle and Alki Beach. When he was done he said "mahalo", gave us the surf fingers and left us with some cool souvenirs.

The best food of the whole trip was the lunch we had at Alki at Harry's Beach House. This place was nice and quaint and a great stop for a solid lunch. I had mussels and lamb sausage, my wife had Shrimp Louie, my son had a shrimp po boy and my daughter got fish and chips. We all shared and we all really enjoyed what we had to eat. My wife and I shared some fresh oysters while the kids had some crab beignets. The food, albeit kind of pricey, was top of the line and we got what we paid for. The broth in my dish was some of the best food I've ever had. On my return visits to Seattle I will definitely patronize this place again and again.

After Alki Beach we found a local park with some minor hiking trails. This is where I got pictures of some big ass trees. I wanted pictures of trees and Seattle did not disappoint in that regard. I loved that they have such large trees and I love that my family indulged me in this journey.

After a little rest we headed out for dinner and a stroll around town. We ended up on California ave and had dinner at an Asian noodle spot called KinD. This place was hip and delicious. My szechuan ramen was fantastic. We walked around the downtown area here, where my son and I found a rad record store, and my daughter and wife found a bookshop. The record store, Easy Street Records, was amazing. I could have spent an entire day there. They had two stories and records as far as the eye could see. They had a bunch of rare stuff and they had all the hip hop my son has dreamed of since I got a record player. My wife and daughter loved the book shop. It had new and used stuff and tons of graphic novels. Seattle is so much hipper than most cities, and this street we happened upon proved that tenfold.

We ended the night with some ice cream at Molly Moon's. This is a local chain and the ice cream was hitting. I had a cherry chunk, my wife and son had blueberry cheesecake and my daughter had a thin mint equivalent. Again, we all shared and we all loved each flavor. The ice cream felt creamier, maybe it came from Tillamook, than anything I get here in STL.

This was probably my favorite day of the trip. We crammed so much fun stuff into one day and it all felt so fun and worth it when we all crashed at about 11pm. I want to go back to the record shop for some serious shopping in the near future. Thursday was our last day, so come back tomorrow to get my take on our visit to Pike Place Market. 

Ty

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