The Emerald City

 

I’m in Seattle this week for work – a fisheries conference.  It’s a huge meeting, by fisheries standards, with more than 4000 people registered.  Last night at the opening social it was an overwhelming number of bodies. I ran into lots of people I knew though, which was fun.

There is a fabulous view of the Space Needle from my room (above).  It’s odd being in a large city again – people everywhere, good public transportation options.  There were swarms of people out on the sidewalks yesterday afternoon.  We wandered down to Pike Place Market and it was packed, I think the holiday weekend contributes to that.

This is the view from the plane just before landing in Seattle.  I miss mountains.