The weekend prior to Presidents' Day we all drove down to L.A. to visit Grandma, Grandpa, and Tyler. We stayed there until Tuesday afternoon, but Jordyn remained until Wednesday when she hopped on a plane and headed up to Seattle
to visit with an old college friend, Pia who works at Microsoft. While there she would take in the sights and also catch up with family friend Vicky who now lives and works in Seattle at a skin care company.
2/21/24
Jordyn flew out of Long Beach with a layover in Salt Lake City before she landed in Seattle. She didn't want to get there too early as her check-in time wasn't until 4:00pm. Upon her arrival at SeaTac she took the Metro from the
airport and transferred to a bus that took her to the Hyatt Place Hotel in downtown Seattle. Her room was quite nice and she was centrally located near the Space Needle, Museum of Pop Culture, and the Amazon Spheres.
SeaTac to hotel.
Made it right on time!
The room.
2/22/24
Knowing she had a lot of time to do the "tourist thing", Jordyn purchased a City Pass that allowed her to take a cruise, see the aquarium, visit the Museum of Pop Culture, and go to the top of the Space Needle. On her first full
day, she would take care of the cruise and aquarium. For lunch she grabbed a bowl of delicious clam chowder at Pike Place Market, and later that evening she got together with Vicky for dinner at Biang Biang Noodles.
Here's her ticket for the cruise.
Great view of the Space Needle from port.
Seattle skyline.
Selfie.
Pike Place Market.
Delicious clam chowder.
Seattle Aquarium.
Otters.
Up close.
Vicky.
2/23/24
On Friday Jordyn went to the Space Needle, the Museum of Pop Culture (formerly the EMP), Amazon Spheres, a return visit to the aquarium for a special Nintendo (Animal Crossing) exhibit, and back to the Space Needle to see the sights at night.
Another beautiful day in Seattle.
Skyline selfie.
Panoramic of Seattle.
Official Space Needle pic.
Space Needle.
Stan Lee.
Iron Man.
George Lucas.
Lightsaber.
Leonard Nimoy.
Spock's tunic.
Godzilla.
Godzilla toy.
Fire and Ice.
Harry Potter glasses.
Sorting Hat.
Invisibility Cloak.
Shang-Chi.
Shang-Chi costume.
Simu Liu.
Ying Nan costume.
Michelle Yeoh.
Items from ice planet Hoth.
Rebellion snow uniform.
AT-AT.
Geordi's VISOR and phasers.
Capt. Picard's uniform.
Borg.
The Spheres are Amazon's desire to alter the workplace so employees are surrounded by nature and in turn are benefited by the wellness it provides. Public tours are only available on the first and third Saturdays of every month,
but since Jordyn is an employee of Amazon her ID got her inside.
Spheres Address.
Spheres.
Inside looking out.
Cacao.
Vanilla.
Inside.
Selfie.
Jordyn returned to the Seattle Aquarium because the day before when she visited she found out that there was a special Nintendo Animal Crossing Stamp Rally taking place. Since she was in the area and had the time she decided to
take advantage and participate before the weekend crowds.
Octopus week.
Instructions.
She did it!
Ferris wheel.
Sunset.
Panoramic by the aquarium.
Pike Place Market at night.
Old Stove Brewing Co.
Looks like more chowder.
Fish and Chips.
Night time selfie at the Space Needle.
City lights.
2/24/24
Jordyn's last full day in Seattle was spent with Pia. They went to the zoo, they ate, and generally hung out, but didn't take any pictures! They were so busy getting caught up that they neglected to snap any shots together.
Anyway, the day was especially cold and there wasn't much to see as the animals were mostly inside. However, here are a few of the shots Jordyn did manage to take.
