Our Missions Conference adventure commenced with a way-too-early flight from LAX and the shuttle services of Claire and Cheryl. When we finally got to Seattle, we realized -- WOW. It's COLD up here!The cold, however, hasn't kept us from heating things up in the city of Microsoft, the Space Needle, and grunge music. With our amicable tour guide Justin (Gail's friend since freshman year and a Biola alum), we've checked out some fabulous lookout spots -- such as this spot in Queen Anne's next to the Space Needle, where there were some very excitable tourists (pictured below) attempting to pull a Mary-Poppinsesque stunt in the windy conditions.
The city is full of quaint Victorian neighborhoods and lots of money, so there are some beautiful houses out here. Justin took us on a roundabout drive circling Lake Washington, showed us more of downtown than we can keep track of, and related innumerable facts about the city's infrastructure. We're nominating him for city council in 2010, or at least the convention and visitor's bureau.
The picture below is us enjoying brunch at a cheery breakfast place that served delicious omelets with enough peppers and onions to make us wish -- for the rest of the day -- that we had some gum. It was fabulous.
More pictures and video of our day is to come as Gail and I explore the town
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