1 Chuck's house The economy car I rented got upgraded to this Toyota Rav-4, which was actually a really fun car to drive.
2 Chuck's house Some purple flowers- these were everywhere.
3 Chuck's house This multi-level boulder arrangement was very popular.
4 Chuck's house Tulips and... other blooming things that aren't tulips. Also, a pussy willow bush.
5 Chuck's house Note the moss under the steps. Moss was on just about everything in Seattle.
6 Chuck's house Here's the back yard. Note the stove and the telephone.
7 Chuck's house That window on the left- that was my bedroom.
8 Chuck's house You had a nice view of some mountains from the back yard.
9 Seattle This was by the aquarium. Look, water!
10 Seattle I can't make sense of this manhole cover; I think it's an orca.
11 Seattle Aquarium Here was the starfish groping area. Explore!
12 Seattle Aquarium This was a ring-shaped aquarium with jellyfish floating around it, lit up with LEDs.
13 Seattle Aquarium These are fingerling salmon.
14 Seattle Aquarium Here are a couple of sea otters bonking into each other.
15 Seattle Aquarium This otter was cleaning his Special Purpose. He was all balled up and kept rotating around like a wheel in the water.
16 Space Needle That's the Space Needle, alright.
17 Space Needle Have some more Space Needle.
18 Seattle Center This was at the base of the Space Needle. The architecture of the structures behind the trees there was compared to 'crumpled up wads of paper.'
19 Space Needle This was looking westish, I think.
20 Space Needle This is the Key Arena, where the talk and concert I went to was held.
21 Space Needle Here's the Seattle skyline.
22 Space Needle Here are docks, docks, cranes, and docks.
23 Space Needle This is west Seattle, where Chuck lives.
24 Space Needle Me, with some background that makes it clear where I am.
25 Dalai Lama and Dave Matthews These next few pics were swiped from the Seattle paper.
26 Dalai Lama and Dave Matthews Dave is talking about how he gets crazy-angry sometimes, and his wife calms him down.
27 Dalai Lama and Dave Matthews The Dalai Lama is giving Dave a soul handshake, or something.
28 Dave Matthews Here's Dave and Tim Reynolds.
29 Dave Matthews The design behind him looks like eyes.
30 West Seattle This was near the Alki Cafe where Chuck and I had brunch on Saturday. It's all wood!
31 West Seattle Note the camouflaged cat.
32 Chuck Here's the friend who let me crash at his place.
33 Chuck He took me to a nearby park and demonstrated how nature doesn't try to kill you the way it does in Texas.
34 Chuck The only thing that's hard to step on were pine cones- but no stickers, fire ants, or anything else pokey or bitey.
35 Me Me, by a tree.
36 Me Me in front of some other trees.
37 Fern Ferns growing in trees! It is a rain forest after all.
38 Nevermore Hello, Raven.
39 Pines Ignore me, for I am the background image.