December 8, 2007 Last updated: 12/9/07 4:00pm PT
We planned on going to Neah Bay and Cape Flattery this year, the Northwestern most point in the lower 48 states, but there was a big storm last weekend with flooded rivers and mudslides, so we thought we’d stay a little closer to home. Since we haven’t been to the top of the Space Needle in Seattle yet, now seemed like a good time to do so.
We had dinner reservations downtown at an overpriced fancy-pants restaurant (Dahlia Lounge), so we went to the Space Needle before dinner.
Seattle with Mount Rainier in the background 
The view down 
Pictures from the observation deck 
The top of the Space Needle gets lit up like a Christmas tree for the holiday. The Space Needle isn’t leaning, even though it looks that way. I had to put my camera down on a solid surface because it was so dark, I couldn’t hold it still long enough for the picture to turn out. 
Sunset from the Space Needle 
I tried taking some pictures of us together, and luckily someone offered to take our picture, as I wasn’t getting very close by myself. I just have to remember to not be talking next time. 
The Olympic Mountains 
Rather than move the car, battle traffic and try to find a parking space, we took the monorail to dinner. 
As I mentioned before, dinner was at the Dahlia Lounge, famous for their crab cakes, which Denise had. I had the Peking duck. It was good, but way overpriced. For that kind of money, I expect my stomach to be so full that I can’t walk, or I want to eat something extremely tasty that I can’t get anywhere else (like Ricobene’s, which costs me two airplane tickets every year)
Just for fun, some Christmas decorations on the house. I rebuilt the bears this year because they kept falling over and breaking. So far so good, they survived the big wind storm from last week without any problems. 
