Laninga's Travel Blog

We’ve lived in the Seattle area, and visited here often.  We love the area, the people, the scenery and the opportunity to visit the Great Outdoors.  So when we were in the area we had to visit some iconic places.

Mount Rainier is one of the most active volcanoes in the USA and is one of the most scenic parts of a Seattle visit.  So we took the drive to the Paradise Visitor Center and enjoyed the drive, the scenic stops, but not the Paradise Center… the visitor parking lot was overloaded.  The price for a nice day in the great PNW…

Christina Falls

Christina Upper Falls

The top of Narada Falls doesn’t look that impressive

Narada Falls from the scenic overlook

Mount Rainier (and smoke) from the roadway

Mount Rainier from the parking lot at Paradise

And zooming in towards the top

Then a quick drive to Seattle and Pike Place Market for lunch and just visiting.  Actually, a slow drive, if there is one thing Seattle has too much of it is traffic!  But we enjoyed our visit (and yummy Ivar’s fish and chips) very much.

My favorite fish and chips place

Along the pier. Now everyone needs a ferris wheel…

Not sure about this… a whole alleyway “decorated” with chewed gum!

Yep, Pike Place Market

In case you didn’t know where you were

The fish market is very popular

A long hall of flowers and crafts

Vegetables make for colorful photography

Lots of veggies

A look down the hill