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Space Needle from the World's Fair in Seattle
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Glenn, Sister and Bob and skyline of Seattle
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To move from Lake Washington to Puget Sound there are locks
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that raise the boats up from the sound to the level of the lake.
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Troll guards under the bridge over Lake Washington
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A sightseeing bus takes us around Seattle
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Gate in Hing Hay Park is a gift from China to Seattle
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Monorail above the city street
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“Sleepless in Seattle” setting for film of the same name
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Salmon ladder installed to move fish from Puget Sound to Washington Lake after natural water way was changed with the locks
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School of glass blowing created these flowers for the hotel lobby
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Seattle Port is the largest shipping center on the west coast
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Catamaran ferry boat with turbojet takes us 50 miles an hour from Seattle to Victoria
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Sea planes also carry passengers from Seattle to Victoria
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Victoria Harbor
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Empress Hotel
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Atrium entrance to convention center at the Empress Hotel
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British Columbia Parliament
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Parliament building at night
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Entrance to Chateau Victoria Hotel
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Rooftop dining at hotel
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Orca whale draft beer pump handles
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Kiki at Butchart Gardens entrance
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Glenn in begonia garden
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Fountain display in the garden
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Garden is in an old quarry
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Garden path
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Award winning begonias
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Colorful flower beds
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Atrium dining room
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Tlinget clan house replica
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Victoria Clipper catamaran ferryboat
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Taxi plane leaving the harbor
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Termination dust, snow, showing the summer season is about over
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We then flew home to Denton and Raymondville and passed Mt. Rainier
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Looking back on our Alaska trip
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