Our last day in Seattle.....

On our last day, we decided to spend a little more time at Pike's Place....we never got a chance to really browse the markets and walk slowly. So, I wanted to do that again. We hit up another famous breakfast place (apparently Seattle loves breakfast) called Daily Dozen and the Seattle Bagel Bakery. Then, we spent a lot of time walking and shopping....but we never really bought anything so that was kind of a bummer!

The kids probably liked the market the least out of everything. I could have spent even more time there. It was really disappointing that I didn't have a house to go home to cook all the stuff....they literally had everything you would need to make an amazing meal...pasta, seafood, meat, veggies, fruit, flowers, wine, coffee.....I was a little disappointed in the artsy stuff- most of it was not my taste. But, I still enjoyed looking.

We finished with chowder and seafood at Ivar's Fish Bar, a walk along the pier again....but mostly, we were all just really tired...so we went back and rested in the hotel room. And, then topped off our night at Bambino's Pizza....which may go down as my most favorite pizza in the world. It had smoked mozzarella on it, and it was AMAZING. So amazing that I left a google review....which I never do!

 Saylor literally fell asleep eating pizza at the restaurant....

What we loved about Seattle....the food, the views, the cityscape, the "touristy" stuff, the boats, the water, the mountains....
What we did not love about Seattle....homeless, homeless and homeless. It was really unreal the amount of homeless people they have. They are rated in the top 3 cities for homeless....they were everywhere, by every tourist spot, on every corner, every street.  That made all of us feel very sad, and also made us a little tentative and scared. We just are not used to it. We did take a meal to one gentleman and I went up to him and said "Sir, are you hungry?" and his reply was "Always" and I handed him his hamburger and fries. And, I don't think I'll ever forget how he said "always". It broke my heart.  It's a beautiful city, but it has its problems.  The traffic was also truly awful, and the prices were outrageous. It's no wonder they have a homeless problem.

What I would have done different....I would have loved to have taken a day cruise and spent all day on the boat, and maybe a night over in Canada or somewhere else. I also wanted to go to Bainbridge Island too....but Joe and the kids weren't interested, which was fine. But, if I were to make a suggestion to other people, I would suggest that!

Seattle was good to us....but we went home to Iowa thankful for rolling hills, no big commutes, a low homeless population, a low unemployment rate, good friendly people, and a slower pace. We may not have oceans or mountains or big cityscape...but we have lots of other attributes! Goodbye Seattle, Hello Iowa !