Vacation Photos from Seattle: Variations on a Theme

I recently returned home from a trip to Seattle. This was my first trip to the Emerald City, a place I’ve been wanting to visit for a really long time.

So, in grand tradition, I’m going to show you pictures from my vacation.

Now some of you may run for the home button on your browser. You’re probably the same ones that had to suffer through hours of your dad’s slideshow from the family trip to Lake Wobegon. The first three hours of episode one of the saga show him packing the family station wagon for the day-long tortuous affair of riding in a stuffy car with your annoying family, wishing you were in Myrtle Beach with your friends instead.

But I’m going to only show one thing from Seattle. It’s probably the city’s most recognizable landmark. It’s the Space Needle.

The Needle was built for the 1962 World’s Fair and reaches a height of 605 feet. At the time it was built, it garnered attention as the tallest structure west of the Mississippi. It’s height helps when you’re intentionally trying to find interesting objects to frame with it.

What follows is a collection of photos revolving around the Space Needle. The tower is either the focus of the photo or an element in the background.

You can tell when your mom truly loves you. She stands next to you, in the middle of the street, in the pouring rain, snapping pictures just like you. That's love. Or, perhaps she's just as odd as you. Maybe that's where you get those peculiar habits of standing in the rain, in the middle of the night, taking pictures.

But for me, I prefer to think it's love.

Now, on with the show.

If you’ve made it this far, then you’ve survived the first installment of my vacation photos from Seattle. Episode two will follow in a few days and be presented in Technicolor.