Space Needle and Chihuly!

So when you go to Seattle you got to go to the Space Needle! 

It definitely looks taller in the picture.  It is actually 605 feet high. 

To put that into perspective the US Bank Tower is 1,018 feet and that is an actual building.

 

Once you are up there, the views were pretty impressive. 

You can actually go outside on an observation deck.

 

I stuck out my arm and took a picture down.

Here is another picture from another direction.  Downtown is on the other side.

 

This is the same scene as the photo above... but zoomed in!

 

Right below the Space needle is the Chihuly Garden and Glass.

 

It is pretty neat that this is all hand blown glass.

 

This one is called Mille Fiori which is Italian for "Thousand Flowers"

 

It would be super cool just to have ONE of these chandeliers. 

I am not being greedy.  I just want ONE.

This one is pretty cool.

 

Here is "The Sun" up close.

 

And this guy is HUGE.

 

Keep in mind that this is all glass!

 

They have this cool greenhouse. 

Note on the top left, that is the restaurant for the Space Needle

 

And then it started to rain.  Again.

 

My camera has 30x zoom!

 

 

 

 

2013 Museum of Flight Seattle

Hey everybodeeee!

I went to Seattle with some of my people for the first time!  I just got back and I will tell you all about it.  We stayed in downtown Seattle and that was cool because you can walk around to most things.  One of the more impressive things I saw was the Flight Museum. 

 

 

This is the SR-71 "Blackbird".  This is the fastest plane. 

USA used it to spy on the Russkies.

 

I saw another one on the USS Intrepid in Manhattan.

 

 

 

Here is the backside of it.  I noted that the paint has been removed exposing the bare titanium.

 

They took the jet out and put it on the right.  The pilots were practically astronauts. 

They went up so high that you could see the curvature of the earth.

 

Here is the back of the jet. 

 

 

Here is a 1967 Russian MiG 21 PFM

 

 

This is a 1968 Taylor Aerocar III 

They actually thought that everyone should have a flying car.  Wow.  People can barely drive now...

 

Here we have the impressive British Airways Concorde. 

They let you get inside.  For free! 

This example is a 1978 and could go twice the speed of sound!  

A flight from NYC to London took half the time as a conventional plane.

 

One thing about it is that the windows are TEENY!

 

 

Here is an interior photo.

 

Here is the cockpit. 

 

Here is the Concord toilet. 

Only 20 airplanes have been made and 14 were built for the airlines.

 

 

Here is Air Force One! 

 

 

 

 

Numerous telephones were all over the plane.

Presidential Potty.

 

 Communication center.

Here is the cockpit.  Lots of buttons!

 

So inside the museum they have a part where they have the "Red Barn". 

The original Boeing Airplane Factory

 

It is actually red.

 

You can see the airplane parts being made here out of wood!

 

Here is the process where they made the propellers

 

Here is an airplane being made.

 

Cool pilot's suit.

 

Here is the very first Boeing 747 made.

 

This one is designated 747-121 and built in 1969.

Too bad we couldn't go inside!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pasadena Water Fountain on Lake Ave!

So I was driving to work today, and I looked at the horizon and saw this thing that looked kind of like a ghost. 

Keep in mind that I am like 4 blocks away.

So I approached it and it was enormous!

So I got off the freeway to see what happened and there was a major traffic jam.

This is one of the bigger water fountains I have ever seen.

So I got out of my car and took some more photos.  Note the blue suv on the left.

I suppose this guy has something to do with the fire hydrant in front of it and the fountain behind it.

Here it is from another angle.  Whoa.