Cranes

Seattle, WA - aer suzuki - Friday, July 14th, 2006 : goo

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So I just had family in town and this allowed me to do some tourist-type things I'd always wanted to do, like go to the top of the Space Needle and take a tour of Elliot Bay.

I'd have figured if I wanted to see the bay or the downtown skyline from the bay I could just take a ferry and save some bucks vs. the tour [If you visit Seattle on a budget, take a ferry to Bainbridge Island to get upper deck access and a good view of the skyline] But then I wouldn't have gotten to see these things, as the tour goes 'round to the shipping docks where they need big things to move other big things.

Lately I've been inordinately fixated with the construction cranes in the city, and this also extends to the shipping cranes, which I've only previously seen from a distance.

Just two weeks ago I was watching these cranes slide by in a bus window as I was returning from a friend's wedding [good luck Jason & Ashlee] and plotting how I'd get closer to them, maybe by following the railroad tracks.

Then I ended up on this harbor tour and lucked out.

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