In which Fern and I go up High.

December 15, 2016...continued

After we got done in the Underground City, we walked on the sidewalk (and over one of the skylights) to the bus tunnel where we took a bus to Westlake Center.  Fern lost his hat somewhere in the Underground City, but I still have mine.

The buses and trains that run through the tunnel are all electric; no smog or exhaust in here. Westlake Center is a big mall. Lots of eating happened there. Learning is hungry work, and the Rhetoric students learned a LOT.  

After that we went up and up and up and up....to the Monorail.  The Seattle Monorail was built for the World's Fair in 1962, and runs from Westlake Center to the Seattle Center, where the Space Needle is, on a track two stories above the street. It is also electric.  It takes 90 seconds to get from one end to the other, and then comes back.  It's also jokingly called "The monorail; train to nowhere."

Here we are, with Ben, outside the monorail.

Here we are, riding the monorail.

We got to Seattle Center for Winterfest; the rhetoric students wanted to go ice skating.  We looked around the Center and saw the Space Needle, Seattle's most famous landmark. It was also built for the World's Fair in 1962, and it has a revolving restaurant at the top. If you ever come to Seattle, you MUST get a lunar orbiter for lunch. YUMMY!.  

And here in the Pacific Northwest, Santa's sleigh doesn't have enough snow. Here is Santa's truck, parked at the International Fountain. Santa was away, so Fern and I took a seat and waited.

After that, we went ice skating with the rhetoric class, but we weren't allowed to take photos because not many of them knew how to ice skate.  We went home tired but happy, and with stuffed brains from learning all that fun information.