So, I forgot to mention that the reason we arrived so early from home was that the Seattle Mariners were in town for one more day- so we got tix to see them lose their ninth game in a row, this time to the Texas Rangers. Still, the park was pretty, the weather was nice enough that they left the roof open, and we had hot dogs at the ball game. Good enough. Besides, we really didn’t care who won (but for the benefit of the suffering Mariners fans around us we pretended we did.
But back to the Underground Tour- we had seen it advertised and the nice young lady behind the desk at the Seattle LQ said “it was her favorite tour” so we signed up. Turns out Seattle had an interesting past, as probably all cities had. Especially those in the Wild West. The city burned to the ground in the late 1880’s, and as raw sewage backing up from the low lying streets was a real problem, they elevated the streets that the buildings were constructed on, as much as 2 storeys higher than before. This meant that for many shops, the entrance was at the second storey, and that the rest was underground. This left a bunch of space beneath the level of the street, and a whole section of the seedier side of Seattle took place, such as prostitution, gambling and crime. We actually walked around through the original rooms under the world that was going on above. And in the gift shop-every tour has a gift shop-they had a great t-shirt for sale. I didn’t buy it but I did take a picture of it.
So we spent 4 nights in Seattle, had several Starbuck coffees, and then caught the Clipper across the water to Victoria.
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