Anniversary!

Devin and I have been married for a whole year now! To celebrate, we went and spent the day in Seattle. We stopped by and looked up at the space needle.

View from the bottom

A wall Devin took a picture of.

Then we went on an Underground Tour of Seattle. It was VERY fascinating! I'll give you a very brief, simplified version of the history. When the settlers came to Seattle they built their city at sea level or below. When the tide came in, the streets were wet. They tried building the city up with all the extra saw dust from the logging companies. Saw dust and water doesn't work so well. So, it was not the best set up. Then, in 1889 there was a big fire that burnt the whole city to the ground. So, the city government saw it as a time to restart and bring soil down from the hills to build Seattle up. But, the people didn't like that because it would take 7 years and they wanted to keep their business open. So, they all just rebuilt on the sea level again. So, the Government went around and started building retaining walls 6-7ft tall around every block. Then they started filling in the streets with garbage from the fire, dirt, whatever they could find. And then they paved the street. So, the street was a level higher and the sidewalks were down below. Eventually they paved the sidewalks as well. Making the city on the second floor of all the buildings. So Devin and I went on a tour of the underground level! Its pretty complicated so I'll stop now, but you should check it out if you're ever in Seattle. And, when you're walking in Seattle next time, you'll know that you're not really on the ground!

This is the underground sidewalk. After they closed off the top, it was a nice shopping center. I think that sign was added later. 

If you see one of these in Seattle on the sidewalk, this is what used to be a sky light to the underground level!

This is an elevated toilet, also known as the Krapper. Seattle started elevating their toilets on the bottom floor because the tide created a mess.

This is one of the first buildings built after the fire.

This is another cool, old building.

We finished the night off by going to the Seattle Seahawks first game! It was a great day!