Saturday/Sunday 24^th – 25^th August

Back in Seattle. Seems a bit ho-hum after Alaska. 

On Saturday evening, wandering about the Seattle Centre – site of the World Fair in 1962 and now a community playground much like Brisbane’s South Bank – we came across this setup for playing boardgames. 

Great idea, especially as they have a bar too, so we enjoyed a glass of white and a game of Sorry! in the evening light and watched the crowds enjoying the late summer.  Next week is back to school here and it does seem that families are out giving the kids a last treat before routine resumes.  

Seattle-ites can still enjoy their fountains and water features, and kids were having a great time at this huge one. The object of their game was to race in and touch the dome and not get hit by the water spurts.  Most of them were sodden!

Walking back up the hill at about 7.30pm, we passed the Paramount Theatre, and noticed that the musical of Sister Act was on.  We bought tickets on impulse, this had been a favourite movie when the kids were growing up.  Alas, a disappointment.  I suppose after Whoopie Goldberg and Maggie Smith in the movie, anything else would have to come second.  But the main thing was the music – the stage show uses none of the music from the movie, a complete new score has been written.  And it was all screeched out with the sound system volume up super loud.  Soph and I gave in a left at the interval.  A first for me – to leave a musical. 

Sosqualmie Falls on Sunday afternoon.  A major hydro-electric power installation somewhat spoils the natural splendour here, but it is still a tourist venue.