Seattle flight touR

October 14, 2008

For my birthday this year, Brooke and her parents got me a tour of Seattle by air from Kenmore Air, a large float plane airline based in Seattle. I was excited to go on the flight, but as we waited for good weather, we'd get busy working on the house and forget to book the flight. Seems like every time we remembered, the weather was bad. But the timing finally worked out, and we found the perfect day to go.

It ended up being Brooke and I and two other people on the tour which lasted about 30 minutes. We took off from Lake Union in Seattle and made our way over Lake Washington, then circled back over the University campus, down to the Space Needle, and out over Puget Sound a ways. On the way back towards downtown we flew over Alki Beach, and made our way back to Lake Union. The tour was a lot of fun. It was really cool to see Seattle and the surrounding area from a different viewpoint.

This is the DeHavilland Beaver we flew in.	House boats on Lake Union shortly after takeoff.	The view toward the University of Washington campus and Lake Washington.	Looking South over Lake Washington towards Mercer Island and Mount Rainier off in the distance.	Some big houses along the shore of Lake Washington.
Everyone has a dock and a boat...	Husky Stadium.	The rest of campus.	The Space Needle.	Mount Rainier.
I liked the colors of warm evening light on this container ship and the dark water of the Puget Sound.	West Seattle, and downtown Seattle behind it.	Alki Point Light House.	Making our way back towards downtown.	Seattle skyline.
	Lining up for our landing on Lake Union.	Taxiing back in.